Fern
General Information
Identification Code: 40538475090-82
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Entity Form: Stichting
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/25/2011
Last Update: 2/15/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2
Mission & Interests
Goals: Fern is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) created in 1995 to keep track of the European Union’s involvement in forests and coordinate NGO activities at the European level. Our work centres on forests and forest peoples’ rights and the issues that affect them such as trade and investment and climate change. All of our work is done in close collaboration with social and environmental organisations and movements across the world. The name Fern was chosen because ferns are one of the few species that grow in all forests.
Fern has no director and strives to make decisions by consensus. This drives our way of working which is to open rather than occupy space for dialogue on the issues that affect forests and the environment.
Fern’s Vision
Fern seeks a world in which environmental, social and economic justice is fully integrated at all levels and people have a voice in decisions affecting their lives and livelihoods.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Climate action
- Energy
- Environment
- Food safety
- International co-operation and development
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Forest strategy, climate package, Biodiversity, Renewable Energy Directive, Bioenergy, LULUCF, FLEGT, EU Regulation on Deforestation, Sustainable supply chains, Farm to Fork, Trade, EU free trade agreement (with Indonesia, Vietnam or Mercosur), forest protection and nature restoration, and indigenous communities and peoples' rights linked initiatives, and the Single Use and Package directive, Ready Made Meals.
Communication Activities: We publish multiple publications (reports, briefing notes...) every year on our website and we release a monthly newsletter Forest Watch. We held a few events annually on forest-related topics, where we often invite EU representative to attend too.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: ENV.D.1-Working Group on Forests and Nature#E02210/14#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100777 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#IndustryExpert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyExpert Group on Carbon Removals#E03861#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3861 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society#Employees/workersCommission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyForest and Forestry Stakeholder Platform#E03888#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3888 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Rue d'Edimbourg, 26
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue d'Edimbourg, 26
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The total budget of perceived income that came from the various grants is of 4.304.842EUR, out of which 1.290.505EUR (34% of the total budget) was retroceded to our national partner organisations and networks.
Audit can be found here: https://www.fern.org/fileadmin/uploads/fern/Documents/2022/Fern_2022_Accounts_audited.pdf
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 4
Members: 12
Members F T E: 10.5
Info Members: All Fern's work aims to make the EU work for people and forests.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.fern.org/how-we-work/how-we-work-with-our-partners/
Organisation Members: Forest Movement Europe, CLARA, Accra Caucus, Community Rights Network, European Environmental Bureau, VOICE Network, Oak coalition