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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative Legal Review

15 Feb 2017

Guidance for conducting a review of legal and non-legal aspects of recognising and supporting community conservation initiatives This guidance complements the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) methodology and toolkit. It draws from Natural Justice’s methodology for a series of legal reviews undertaken in 2012 for the ICCA Consortium, and it is intended for CCRI partner organisations and support staff of the Global Forest Coalition. Download the Review here.

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New times for women and gender issues in biodiversity conservation

21 Dec 2016

By Isis Alvarez & Simone Lovera* This piece was originally published here. After two weeks of negotiations, last Friday, the 13th Conference of the Parties on the Convention of Biological…

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The cynical 17%: Why we should conserve biodiversity for people and by people instead of protecting it from people

17 Dec 2016

By Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition This piece was originally published by the CBD Alliance for the newsletter, ECO, particularly ECO Volume 54, Issue 19 Friday, December 16, 2016 The…

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What’s at Steak? Impacts of the industrial livestock and feedstock sector on forests, biodiversity, farmers and communities

7 Dec 2016

By Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition This piece was originally published by the CBD Alliance for the newsletter, ECO, particularly, ECO Volume 54, Issue 4 Wednesday, 6 Dec. 2016…

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Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists

3 Dec 2016

2 Dec: Ministers at the COP13 of the CBD in Cancun Mexico, are failing to recognize the key role of women in biodiversity conservation in the proposed Cancun declaration [1],…

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Climate Finance, Results-based Payments and Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

10 Nov 2016

A Working Paper of the ICCA Consortium and the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative By Simone Lovera, Holly Jonas, Simon Fischer and Coraina de la Plaza Climate change is one of…

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Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

2 Nov 2016

Welcome to Forest Cover No. 51, the Global Forest Coalition newsletter that provides a space for Southern and Northern environmental justice activists to present their views on international forest-related policies.…

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CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for

23 Sep 2016

By Miguel Lovera* Last week, the Colombia National Workshop on CCRI took place in two municipalities: Purísima and Lorica in the Department of Cordoba. It was attended by some 50…

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Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

20 Sep 2016

By Holly Jonas* The world’s oldest largest and most diverse environmental network – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – held its 6th World Conservation Congress from 1-10…

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Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

18 Aug 2016

by Isis Alvarez* Although the second session of the UNEA-2 ended on 28 May 2016 at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, key concerns emerging from it are still present in…

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SDG Policy Brief: Biodiversity Conservation

9 Jul 2016

Global biodiversity loss is a key threat to food security, human health, and the sustainable development agenda in general. Biodiversity loss reduces the biosphere’s resilience as biotic components or assemblages…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative Legal Review

New times for women and gender issues in biodiversity conservation

The cynical 17%: Why we should conserve biodiversity for people and by people instead of protecting it from people

What’s at Steak? Impacts of the industrial livestock and feedstock sector on forests, biodiversity, farmers and communities

Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists

Climate Finance, Results-based Payments and Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for

Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

SDG Policy Brief: Biodiversity Conservation

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