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Lobby organisation

Fern

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

As of 9 September 2026, Fern appears in 134 declared MEP meetings (44 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

134
declared meetings
with current MEPs
44
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to 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. All of our work is done in close collaboration with…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 134 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA5541%
Socialists & Democrats3929%
Renew Europe1813%
The Left107%
European People's Party97%
Non-attached32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (31 in 2025).

2019
10
2020
4
2021
13
2022
23
2023
19
2024
24
2025
31
2026
10

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
9 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jean-Marc Germain
6 meetings · S&D
Lynn Boylan
5 meetings · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
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 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)
6 Nov 2025Catarina VieiraFLEGT and Forest partnership Liberia
4 Nov 2025Karin KarlsbroGhana FLEGT Licencing
4 Nov 2025Martin GüntherCarbon Removals Certification Regulation methodology

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