GFC expressed its concerns around nature-based solutions projects in a submission to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of the final round of intergovernmental negotiations on NbS, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 9-13 October.
The Power of Indigenous Women in Protecting Forests and Biodiversity On the 2023 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) brought together Indigenous women leaders…
Over six months since the historic signing of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), the Global Forest Coalition and our allies are working hard to ensure the gender-responsive monitoring of…
“My struggle is to honour grandma’s struggle: every day, tirelessly, and forever. To fight against the capturing spirits of our spirits, of that which hardens us and makes us incapable of…
Please join us on Wednesday, 9 August, at 12 pm UTC for a special online event bringing together Indigenous Peoples, including Indigenous women leaders, from Latin America as we celebrate…
By: Valentina Figuera Martínez, coordinator of the Gender Justice and Forests Campaign What does it mean to be men? Why are there so few of us in this workshop?…
Photo credit: Annie Spratt GFC regularly contributes to United Nations processes on issues like forests, biodiversity, climate change and gender in order to bring the priorities and perspectives of our…
Episode 1: GFC on the Frontlines In this opening episode of Roots of Resilience, host Chithira Vijayakumar speaks with three of GFC’s lead campaigners on the work of GFC and our…
Global North Must Immediately Divest From False Climate Solutions Corporate co-opting of global climate policy is leading us to a climate catastrophe BONN, June 6, 2023 – UN member states…
June 5th is World Environment Day, an occasion on which to join our efforts to the increasing global demand for strong and explicit measures to curb environmental catastrophe and the…
Photo credit: Fernando Franceschelli We regularly contribute to United Nations processes on issues like forests, biodiversity, climate change and gender in order to bring the priorities and perspectives of our…
Click here to register for the event. The latest IPCC reports paint a difficult path to 1.5C and we are already seeing the devastating effects of climate change at 1.2C…
Photo: Biodiversity monitoring workshop with children in the Selva Alto Andina in Suratá, Santander, Colombia On the International Day of Forests, the Global Forest Coalition salutes the work of our…
Let’s wake up! Let’s wake up, humankind! We’re out of time. We must shake our conscience free from the rapacious capitalism, racism and patriarchy that will only assure our own…
Published in Ms. Magazine on 1/11/2023 by Juana Vera Delgado This article was written by Senior Gender Expert Juana Vera Delgado of the Global Forest Coalition and appeared in Ms.…
Originally published by Women4Biodiversity Guest article by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Women’s groups and many other actors have frequently highlighted the need for more coherence between climate and…
Published in Mongabay by Simone Lovera on 26 October 2022 Photo by Abhaya Raj Josh/Mongabay: A member of the Bhimeshwori Sustainable Farming Group at her agroforestry farm in Kavre, Nepal…
