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GFC Annual Report 2018: Defending rights and the power of community conservation

19 Jun, 2019

We are pleased to share with you a summary of the work performed by the Global Forest Coalition in 2018. This Annual Report describes the key moments and achievements of our campaigns over what was an extremely busy year for GFC and our members. The high point came in the middle of it when we were able to bring together over 120 representatives of our member groups, allies, indigenous organisations and local communities for our events in Montreal. The energy and shared purpose nurtured there has fueled our coalition since.

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Derail negotiations on market mechanisms: false solutions will not bring equity and climate justice

13 Jun, 2019

by Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition, India The outcome of COP24 in Katowice last December failed on many counts, despite the “victory leap“ of the Polish Secretary of State for…

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Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health: community conservation in Sri Lanka

22 May, 2019

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity, and the theme this year is “Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health”. Unfortunately, many biodiversity conservation schemes globally see communities as part of…

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Forest Cover 58: Large-scale cattle farming and its consequences for forests, agroecology and biodiversity

14 May, 2019

The 58th issue of Forest Cover focuses on large-scale cattle farming and its incompatibility with other, more sustainable food systems and with thriving, healthy forests. Case studies from six countries…

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Warning issued to investors: Forest biomass is risky business

2 May, 2019

Briefing by environmental groups highlights serious financial, legal and reputational risks The Environmental Paper Network [1], Global Forest Coalition [2] and Biofuelwatch [3] have today issued a briefing to investors…

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International groups team up with locals in opposition to Nuon Biomass Plant

12 Apr, 2019

12th April 2019 – The Global Forest Coalition [1], which brings together 99 NGOs and Indigenous People’s Organisations from 64 countries, and Dogwood Alliance [2], a conservation NGO working to…

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Claiming Civic Space Together: conference in Copenhagen brings groups together to defend the defenders

3 Apr, 2019

by Linde Berbers, Global Forest Coalition intern Citizens and civil society organisations representing rightsholders and stakeholders play an essential role in all societies. In order to ensure the participation of…

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“Respect traditional knowledge and promote community-led conservation”, say West African groups on International Day of Forests

21 Mar, 2019

From 18 to 21 March 2019, 32 representatives of local community groups, women’s groups and NGOs gathered for a West African skillshare on gender-sensitive community-based forest conservation and restoration initiatives,…

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Feminists at UNEA4 Continue the Call for the Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment

16 Mar, 2019

Reflecting on the outcomes of the 4th Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya (UNEA-4), the Women’s Major Group offered the following statement: Nairobi, Kenya. The conclusion…

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Women beekeepers flourish in their love of the land and community conservation in the threatened Páramo de Santurbán area

8 Mar, 2019

By Fundaexpresión, a Global Forest Coalition Women2030 partner in Colombia The key role that peasant women play in Colombia and the rest of the world in forging community processes to…

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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…

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REDD+ and the Green Climate Fund: Confirming the Worst Fears

20 Feb, 2019

By Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, director, Global Forest Coalition, Paraguay/Netherlands Photo: “Afforestation” in Bahia in Brazil. On 29 January 2019, environmental activist Rosane Santiago Silveira was brutally murdered when she was trying…

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Implications of Katowice: Where human rights were ignored while big business captured the negotiations

29 Jan, 2019

By: Souparna Lahiri* The Paris Rulebook (renamed the ‘Katowice Rulebook’ by many), the outcome of 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP24),…

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“Gender is not Plan B!” Advancing gender-responsive measures in the CBD’s Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework

12 Jan, 2019

by Mrinalini Rai, Global Forest Coalition Negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are now at a crucial juncture. Governments, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, youth and…

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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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A gloomy future for climate finance at COP24

11 Dec, 2018

By Coraina de la Plaza, Global Forest Coalition Climate finance has again been one of the most sticky issues in international climate change negotiations this year. Since the signing of…

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Photo essay: Respect rights over land and forest resources, and community conservation can cool the planet!

5 Dec, 2018

By Global Forest Coalition As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland, to discuss how to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we present this photo essay showcasing the conservation…

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