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Greta Thunberg and the UN Climate Summit should reject monoculture tree plantations as a false solution

21 Sep 2019

by Gary Graham Hughes, Biofuelwatch, and Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition We are heading towards a week of intense climate actions starting with the Global Climate Strike and followed by the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Action Week as well as a host of civil society events in and around New York City. Today (September 21) is also International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Adverse impact of climate change is becoming a reality with fast melting Arctic ice,…

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Forest Cover 59: Bioenergy in West Africa – impacts on women and forests

18 Sep 2019

This week the Global Climate Strike begins, a worldwide campaign initiated by young people to protest against the destruction of…

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Crocodile tears will not help to put out the Amazon’s fires

24 Aug 2019

by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Being proven correct does not always feel good. When the Green Climate Fund, the…

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On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples we welcome the IPCC’s recognition of the role that indigenous women, and men, play in forest protection, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation

10 Aug 2019

The need to protect forests and biodiversity in order to mitigate the impacts of the climate emergency is a key…

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Land rights and livelihoods key to achieving sustainable development for Kenya’s indigenous women

11 Jul 2019

Also published on Intercontinental Cry Governments gathered today at the High-level Political Forum at United Nations Headquarters in New York…

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African Dialogue on Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Production

2 Sep 2019
Caleb Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The first of a series of regional dialogues on Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Production took place on 2 September 2019…
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National Native and Creole Seed Fair, Parguay

27 Jul 2019
la Plaza de la Democracia, Asunción, Paraguay

by Heñoi Jey 2019 Our agrobiodiversity allows us to feed and preserve our culture. Agribusiness weakens and impoverishes the entire…
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Driving deforestation: drifting away from real solutions to address the climate crisis

17 Jun 2019
Kaminzimmer Room, UNFCCC Intersessional, Bonn, 15:00-16:30

The importance that forests and land have to overcoming the climate crisis has been extensively documented, as has the key…
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Greta Thunberg and the UN Climate Summit should reject monoculture tree plantations as a false solution

21 Sep 2019

by Gary Graham Hughes, Biofuelwatch, and Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition We are heading towards a week of intense climate…
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Remembering Fany Avila

2 Sep 2019

The Global Forest Coalition mourns the loss of our colleague Fany Avila, director of the Asociación Indígena Ambiental in Panama
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Crocodile tears will not help to put out the Amazon’s fires

24 Aug 2019

by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Being proven correct does not always feel good. When the Green Climate Fund, the…
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Derail negotiations on market mechanisms: false solutions will not bring equity and climate justice

13 Jun 2019

by Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition, India The outcome of COP24 in Katowice last December failed on many counts, despite…
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Vacancy: Media Officer

14 Aug, 2019

Call for Media Officer: Job description and requirements We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Media Officer to join our communications team. We offer an exciting opportunity to a…
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Remembering Peter deMarsh

13 Mar, 2019

Dear GFC friends, Yesterday we received the very sad news that our colleague Peter deMarsh, director of the International Forestry Family Association (IFFA), was one of the many people on…
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Greta Thunberg and the UN Climate Summit should reject monoculture tree plantations as a false solution

Forest Cover 59: Bioenergy in West Africa – impacts on women and forests

Crocodile tears will not help to put out the Amazon’s fires

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples we welcome the IPCC’s recognition of the role that indigenous women, and men, play in forest protection, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation

Land rights and livelihoods key to achieving sustainable development for Kenya’s indigenous women

Recent events

African Dialogue on Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Production

National Native and Creole Seed Fair, Parguay

Driving deforestation: drifting away from real solutions to address the climate crisis

Latest from the blog

Greta Thunberg and the UN Climate Summit should reject monoculture tree plantations as a false solution

Remembering Fany Avila

Crocodile tears will not help to put out the Amazon’s fires

Derail negotiations on market mechanisms: false solutions will not bring equity and climate justice

Resources and publications

Vacancy: Media Officer

Remembering Peter deMarsh

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