Fostering Community Conservation II: a visual report

12 Sep 2018

Speakers, presentations and events at Fostering Community Conservation II, July 2018, Montreal * This page works best in Firefox or Chrome, you may experience problems if using Safari. Group photo of conference participants (top). Participants wearing the conference t-shirt (bottom left). Participants from Timberwatch, South Africa, make their message clear (bottom right). Wednesday, 4 July Opening ceremony The conference kicked-off with an inspiring event that featured the voices of community activists from around the world. They showcased fantastic examples of…

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From Bangkok to Katowice: In whose interests are the climate negotiations?

1 Sep 2018

by Souparna Lahiri, 2nd September, 2018 This week the negotiations over the Paris Rulebook and Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP)…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Georgia

18 Sep 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The CCRI assessment in Georgia involved three communities. Two of them, Sakorintlo and Okami,…

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78 Environmental Groups Challenge Drax’s Gas Burning Plans

31 Aug 2018

Open Letter by groups denounces plans for UK’s largest gas power station On the final day of a public consultation…

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Open Letter to the Member States of the United Nations on Draft Zero Binding Treaty

18 Aug 2018

Re: Publication of the “Zero Draft” text for the negotiation of a Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate, in International Human…

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Implementing SDG 15.2: GFC’s analysis in Armenia, Benin, Colombia and Paraguay

The Global Forest Coalition is launching four brief alternative country reports at this year’s United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF), currently ongoing in New York. The reports highlight concerns…
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New briefing paper on the impacts of the EU-Mercosur trade deal

Mercosur's sovereignty is at stake, as are the ecosystems and communities that will be affected by a further boost to the destructive livestock and feedstock industries in South America
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