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Defend India’s forests and forest peoples: Defend Forest Rights Act

22 Feb 2019

Press Release by All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) On 13 February, the Supreme Court of India, hearing a decade-old petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, ordered that forest dwellers whose claims for recognition of forest rights have been rejected would have to be evicted in a summary and time-bound manner. The order contains separate instructions for each state government to ensure that such evictions are duly carried out. We fail to understand how …

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The UN Declaration on Peasant Rights is a massive victory for humanity!

18 Dec 2018

The Global Forest Coalition celebrates the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. On 17 December 2018, the United…

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GFC deeply congratulates and celebrates with LVC on its historic victory!

30 Sep 2018

La Via Campesina UN Human Rights Council passes a resolution adopting the peasant rights declaration in Geneva 28 SEPTEMBER 2018 Press Release (Geneva, September 28, 2018) Seventeen years of long…

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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 Rights Law, the activities of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other…

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Government silent on over 313 murders of human rights and environment defenders, denounce Colombian activists

20 Jul 2018

Colombian activists protest outside UN headquarters in New York; photo credit: Women’s Major Group New York, 19 July: Activists from various organizations worldwide [1] protested against the murders of at…

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A heroic fighter for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: Dr. Taghi Farvar

17 Jul 2018

The Global Forest Coalition mourns the loss of a heroic fighter for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities, Dr. Taghi Farvar. Taghi was the chairperson of our member…

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Policy Recommendations for CBD SBSTTA-22 and SBI-2

26 Jun 2018

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-22) and the 2nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-2) of the Convention on Biological…

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The big four drivers of deforestation: events in Bonn, May 2018

4 May 2018

International workshop Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 May 2018, Bonn Deforestation is a key cause of climate change and significantly undermines the climate resilience of countries and communities. Just four…

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Forest activists celebrate collapse of WTO and EU-Mercosur negotiations in Argentina

15 Dec 2017

15 Dec, Buenos Aires: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] celebrated the failure of two key trade negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, to reach…

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Summit of the Peoples #FueraOMC: Building Sovereignty

12 Dec 2017

Press release Monday, December 11, 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Peoples Summit #FueraOMC today presented its position on the XI Ministerial Conference of the WTO with the presence of activists,…

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Policy Recommendations for CBD SBSTTA-21 and WG8(j)-10

7 Dec 2017

The 21st meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-21) and the 10th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related…

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Defend India’s forests and forest peoples: Defend Forest Rights Act

The UN Declaration on Peasant Rights is a massive victory for humanity!

GFC deeply congratulates and celebrates with LVC on its historic victory!

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

Government silent on over 313 murders of human rights and environment defenders, denounce Colombian activists

A heroic fighter for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: Dr. Taghi Farvar

Policy Recommendations for CBD SBSTTA-22 and SBI-2

The big four drivers of deforestation: events in Bonn, May 2018

Forest activists celebrate collapse of WTO and EU-Mercosur negotiations in Argentina

Summit of the Peoples #FueraOMC: Building Sovereignty

Policy Recommendations for CBD SBSTTA-21 and WG8(j)-10

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