2016 was an exciting and productive year for the Global Forest Coalition. We grew our membership to 86 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations from 58 countries, enabling us to reaffirm our unwavering defence of social justice and the rights of forest peoples. We grew and strengthened alliances and met the campaign goals and objectives that had been set out, and we recognised and responded to new challenges in the road ahead. We are happy to share with you our 2016 …
22 May: Rapidly growing emissions from tourism related aviation, and proposals to offset these through fraudulent projects are a threat to biodiversity and communities, warns the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)[1]…
By Andrey Laletin* The twelfth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-12) took place at the UN headquarters in New York in May 1-5, 2017. There were more…
Co-applicants: Global Forest Coalition, Brighter Green, Inc.; FSF. The event will discuss the risks and opportunities of addressing unsustainable land use through the climate regime, including livestock production, deforestation, monoculture…
Alternatives to unsustainable livestock and feedstock farming and the current corporate free trade model This briefing paper aims to contribute to the many ongoing efforts, actions, and discussions on alternatives…
As the people from the Sunderbans coastal belt and the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports hold a grand rally in Khulna, Bangladesh, 70 civil…
Taking a closer look at the WTO and its free trade model, and how it negatively impacts on the livestock and feedstock industries By: Mary Louise Malig* In our…
Mangrove forest in the Sundarbans. Photo: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan Press release 7th of April 2017 During the current visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India, investors in the…
This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org Photo credit: Jason Taylor for Friends of the Earth International, 2013. CC License. Critical Information Collective. Brazil’s recent rotten meat scandal once again…
In this 52nd edition of Forest Cover we focus on a truly burning issue, the loss of the world’s forests to fire, not only because of our changing climate, but…
This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org By Souparna Lahiri* Every year, 21st March is celebrated as the International Day of Forests, so designated by the United Nations to highlight…
If you need to know more about how to communicate your campaign to others, this Media Training Toolkit will help you. It introduces basic ‘need to know’ information about telling…
March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s [1] “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 [2] misleadingly promotes bioenergy from burning wood from forests as…
On 18 March 2016, a global coalition of five women’s and gender organisations, affiliated with the Women’s Major Group in the UN Agenda 2030 process, signed a framework contract to…
#women2030 project is being implemented in 52 countries across different regions of the world. It is lead by a coalition of 5 women and gender network organisations collaborating to realize…
This international Women’s Day, GFC joins in solidarity with partners and women’s groups to defend women’s rights and gender equality worldwide. We also acknowledge that with recent times women still…
By Kureeba David* The Global Forest Coalition, in partnership with host Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) institutions in selected countries, organised three national workshops on CCRI in Africa at the…
