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Forest Peoples Programme

Acronym: FPP

General Information

Identification Code: 931511831742-24
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: UK Charity No. 1082158
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 6/21/2018
Last Update: 2/13/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Mission Forest Peoples Programme supports the rights of peoples who live in forests and depend on them for their livelihoods. We work to create political space for forest peoples to secure their rights, control their lands and decide their own futures. Strategic Approaches •Supporting and advancing the exercise of self-determination by indigenous and forest peoples by strengthening community governance, mobilisation and representation, and the creation and use of political spaces where indigenous and forest peoples' voices can be heard. •Ensuring access to justice by developing and using accountability and redress mechanisms in both public and private institutions that are directly accessible to indigenous and forest peoples and their communities. •Partnered advocacy towards legal and policy reform and the development of best practice and standards consistent with indigenous and forest peoples' rights in international law. •Networking, sharing information and building (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • european
  • global
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Regulation on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU Deforestation Regulation) - Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) - Forest Partnerships - Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan and Voluntary Partnership Agreements - EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) - Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials FPP tracks and works in particular on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, adopted by the EU in 2003. FPP works with partner organisations in timber producing countries (including Indonesia, Guyana, DRC and others) to support the establishment of effective and comprehensive legal structures to enable the FLEGT programme to reach into illegal timber trade, and to support work on community monitoring of illegal timber. FPP also works on the soon to be adopted EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), the EU directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD), the EU directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD) and the associated European Corporate Sustainability Standards, as well as Forest Partnerships FPP also works to advance discussions within the European Union and European Commission on the establishment of an EU Action Plan on Deforestation and forest Degradation (EU-APDD). EU’s own human rights due diligence (in aid)
Communication Activities: - The European Commission’s new proposed deforestation regulation - what does it mean for indigenous peoples and forest communities? (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/briefing-paper/2021/european-commission-proposal-deforestation-indigenous-peoples) - Preventing human rights violations associated with deforestation: why reliance on local laws is not enough (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/rights-land-natural-resources/briefing-paper/2022/preventing-human-rights-violations-associated) - Forest Peoples Programme feedback to the European Commission consultation on its proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/FPP-feedback-European-Comission-Corporate-Sustainability-Due-Diligence) - What will the European Commission’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive mean for the human rights of indigenous peoples and of local communities? (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/briefing-paper/2022/european-commission-proposal-due-diligence-human-rights) - EU MINISTERS, COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the world is counting on you to adopt a strong EU regulation on deforestation-free products (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://together4forests.eu/resources/CSO%20Statement_EN.pdf) - CIVIL SOCIETY POSITION STATEMENT ON The proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free products (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://together4forests.eu/resources/EN_Civil%20Society%20Position%20Statemet_Proposed%20EU%20regulation%20on%20deforestation-free%20products.pdf) - The true meaning of free, prior and informed consent: a response to the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/news/2022/true-meaning-free-prior-informed-consent) - France: the last barrier to forest peoples’ protection in EU law (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/article/2022/France-last-barrier-forest-protection-EU-law) - European Union’s impact on forest peoples’ rights: what is to be expected of the due diligence legislations? (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/blog/eu-impact-forest-peoples-rights) - Open letter: Call for increased protections for rights of indigenous peoples & local communities in CSDDD JURI report (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/default/files/documents/Joint%20letter%20to%20JURI%20committee%20-%20CSDDD%20and%20rights%20of%20indigenous%20peoples%20and%20local%20communities.pdf) - Open Letter to EU Institutions: Uphold our internationally recognised rights in the CSDDD (https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/news/2023/open-letter-eu-institutions-csddd) Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), directly and in collaboration with indigenous partners, local communities and other EU environmental and human rights organisations, has worked on advocating for the development of EU policies relating to global deforestation and forest degradation, and EU efforts to develop a legislative initiatives to address human rights and environmental impacts in companies' supply chains. FPP has published multiple briefings analysing existing gaps in EU policies and issuing recommendation to improve ongoing EU policies that will impact indigenous peoples and local communities. This include, briefings on the proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free products and the EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, partners blog on the limits of the use of certification schemes in companies' due diligence processes, responses to public consultation on the european sustainbility reporting standards, as well as public events, together with other EU NGOs, to push for more ambitious policies to halt global deforestation and better protection for the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities affected by EU consumption
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission 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 society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Forest Peoples Programme1c Fosseway Business Centre
Post Code: GL56 9NQ
City: Moreton-in-Marsh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: Forest Peoples Programme1c Fosseway Business Centre
Post Code: GL56 9NQ
City: Moreton-in-Marsh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 1.75

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.forestpeoples.org/en/partners
Organisation Members: European Network on Indigenous Peoples (ENIP) https://www.enip.eu/ Accountanbility Framework Initiative https://accountability-framework.org/