by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Being proven correct does not always feel good. When the Green Climate Fund, the world’s largest climate fund, proposed last January to give a grant of no less than 96,5 million dollars to Brazil for its efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation in 2014 and 2015, NGOs warned immediately that this money could literally go up in smoke, as the same forests that were conserved in 2014 and 2015 were threatened with destruction at…
2 Sep 2019 Caleb Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia We are happy to invite you to a dinner event co-organized by the Global Forest Coalition and Brighter Green, in…
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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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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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by Linde Berbers, Global Forest Coalition intern Citizens and civil society organisations representing rightsholders and stakeholders play an essential role… Read in full ›
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… Read in full ›
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… Read in full ›
