La Unión de Nativos Ayoreo de Paraguay se Manifiesta Ante una Nueva Situación que Afecta al Pueblo Ayoreo
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Turning Forests into Fuel for the New ‘Bio-economy?’: What Really Happens When Forests are Commodified-Voices From Around The World
Doha, Qatar– As Governments gathering for the 18th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18) continue discussions on the need to address the drivers…
Peoples Biodiversity Festival: the Commercialization of Biodiversity
By La Via Campesina Farmers movements, members of the global peasants movement la Via Campesina organized a talk on “the commercialization of biodiversity” at the Peoples Biodiversity Festival organized by…
Biofuels: Is the CBD asleep at the wheel?
Rachel Smolker, Energy Justice Network COP11’s draft decision on impacts of biofuels on biodiversity, as discussed on Thursday, is remarkably meek in its recommendations on the issue of biodiversity impacts…
GFC’s Biofuels Statement at COP11
Thank you chair, I am speaking on behalf of Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus, Timberwatch and other NGO members of the Global Forest Coalition. There is now significant scientific evidence of direct and…
Appeal to CBD Alliance for writing to the Prime Minister of India on violation of forest and community rights
To the friends from International NGOs, community groups and social movements at the CBD alliance. As you are by now aware that the Indian Parliament has enacted the Scheduled Tribes…
GFC’s intervention during REDD+ discussion at CBD’s COP11
GFC: Thank you Madam chairperson for allowing me this opportunity to speak. We share concerns that REDD+ might not necessarily contribute to biodiversity and that the discussion should focus on…
Media Alert: Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature
Hyderabad, India, 8 October 2012 Press Conference: Monday, 8 October 2012, 11am Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature As the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention…
Press Conference: Monday, 8 October 2012, 11am Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature
As the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 11) opens in Hyderabad, India, a diverse alliance of concerned environmental organizations highlight two massive…
41st issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition
We present the 41st version of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: Forest Cover no.41st. In this issue you will find: an interesting editorial on the current policies that add…
Biodiversity and Livelihoods under Attack from Industrial Bio-economy Strategy
The EU is rapidly developing a new type of ‘post-fossil fuel’ economy, dubbed the ‘bio-economy’ (as described in the report “Bio-economies: the EU’s real ‘Green Economy’ agenda? 1), and…
On 21st September the world must know the true costs of industrial monoculture tree plantations
Externalised costs and the harmful effects of industrial tree plantations need to be far better understood by governments in Africa and elsewhere around the world. The numerous social problems and negative…
Activist Groups Denounce Bio-economy and Sustainable Biomass Myth on International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations
Asuncion/London/Glasgow/Buffalo On the occasion of the International Day of Protest Against Monoculture Tree Plantations {1}, the Global Forest Coalition [2], Biofuelwatch [3] Critical Information Collective [4] and Global Justice Ecology…
Updates on REDD+ Negotiations in Bangkok
The negotiations on REDD+here in Bangkok focus on future financing mechanisms. A full-day workshop was held on Thursday, where it became very clear that few if any countries expect any…
REDD+ Finance should be Public, include “Non-carbon” Benefits, says South
(cross-posted from Third World Network Bangkok Climate News Update No. 4) Bangkok, 31 August (Hilary Chiew) – Developing countries continue to stress that forest-related activities under the UN Framework Convention on…
Farmers’ Actions Victoriously Shut down Bioethanol Plant
Demanding the EcoFuel to immediately vacate their land Manila, PHILIPPINES – In a joint statement today, the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Danggayan dagiti Mannalon ti…
Farmers’ militant actions victoriously shut down the bioethanol plant – Demanding the EcoFuel to immediately vacate their land
August 30, 2012 Manila, PHILIPPINES – In a joint statement today, the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Danggayan dagiti Mannalon ti Isabela (DAGAMI-Isabela), said that…
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