The re-located COP25 in Madrid comes at a critical juncture of the climate negotiations on two main issues: Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which deals with market-based approaches to emissions reductions, and the establishment of the Loss and Damage Mechanism, which essentially seeks to give financial support to countries in the Global South experiencing the worst impacts of climate change. The likely outcome for forests and forest-dependent peoples, and women whose lives and livelihoods are so closely tied to…
The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative ("CCRI") documented and reviewed the findings of bottom-up, participatory assessments in 22 countries of the resilience of community conservation initiatives and the support that should be provided to strengthen these initiatives. The aim of the project was to contribute to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2011-2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets, by providing policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community conservation. The global report of is now available, including the summaries for each of the countries covered, in our CCRI reports' interactive map
4 Dec 2019 Cumbre de los Pueblos, Sala Camilo Catrillanca, 10:00-14:00
The Global Forest Coalition is holding the second of a series of regional dialogues on Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Production,…
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Monday 2 December, 16:45-18:15, Room 5 (IFEMA, Av. del Partenón, Nº 5, Madrid) Representatives from civil society, UN, countries, interfaith,…
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by Eduardo Giesen (Colectivo VientoSur) and Ruth Nyambura (Global Forest Coalition) On the 18th of October, the largest protests witnessed… Read in full ›
by Jeanette Sequeira, Juana Vera Delgado and Ruth Nyambura, Global Forest Coalition November 25th has been designated as the International… Read in full ›
This paper by Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek has been published in the journal Globalizations, as part of the “Transformational Responses to Authoritarian… Read in full ›
Welcome to the 57th issue of Forest Cover, the Global Forest Coalition’s magazine. It provides a space for environmental justice activists from across the world to present their views on… Read in full ›
How support for the livestock sector in the EU and Mercosur countries is subsidising forest destruction Aichi Target 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) states that subsidies and… Read in full ›