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Lobby organisation

Fern

NGO or non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 November 2026, Fern appears in 142 declared MEP meetings (46 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

142
declared meetings
with current MEPs
46
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
11.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“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.”

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“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.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 142 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA5740%
Socialists & Democrats4230%
Renew Europe1913%
The Left128%
European People's Party96%
Patriots for Europe32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (34 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
10
2020
4
2021
13
2022
23
2023
19
2024
26
2025
34
2026
13

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Marie Toussaint
19 meetings · Greens/EFA
Delara Burkhardt
13 meetings · S&D
Ville Niinistö
10 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jean-Marc Germain
8 meetings · S&D
Karin Karlsbro
6 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Oct 2026Kristian VigeninEU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
10 Sep 2026Li AnderssonEmissions Trading System
1 Jul 2026Lynn BoylanDeforestation Regulation, inclusion of leather, impact on Indigenous Peoples
23 Apr 2026Kathleen van BremptBriefing on sustainability and the EU-Indonesia CEPA
22 Apr 2026Jean-Marc GermainDéforestation au Congo
16 Apr 2026Lynn BoylanEU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement
14 Apr 2026Catarina VieiraFair trade Indonesia
14 Apr 2026Kathleen van BremptDeforestation and Indonesia
19 Mar 2026Jean-Marc GermainAPV FLEGT Liberia
18 Mar 2026Anna CavazziniLiberia FLEGT VPA
18 Mar 2026Anna CavazziniFLEGT / VPA Liberia
12 Mar 2026Jean-Marc GermainAPV FLEGT Liberia
13 Feb 2026Tiemo WölkenCarbon Removal and Carbon Farming Certification - DA on DACCS, BECCS and Bicohar methodologies
17 Nov 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenSustainability omnibus - update for civil society
11 Nov 2025Karin KarlsbroLiberia-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

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