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What’s at “Steak?” The Need for a Just and Sustainable Global Food System

23 Mar, 2017

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 puts a spotlight on the untrustworthy, underhanded methods of agribusiness — the industry will do anything for profit, and it will use money and political clout to get away with it. Such cases make it clear that this industry cannot be trusted; who knows how many other cases go on …

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Forest Cover 52 – The Burning Issue

21 Mar, 2017

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…

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FAO’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests is a Threat to Mother Earth

21 Mar, 2017

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…

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#women2030 Media Training Toolkit

21 Mar, 2017

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…

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“Bioenergy Burns Forests”—Environmentalists Denounce UN’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests

20 Mar, 2017

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…

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#women2030 Flier: Gender Equality and Women’s Rights as A Crucial Pillar to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

14 Mar, 2017

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…

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#women2030 Brochure: Making the 2030 Goals A Reality!

14 Mar, 2017

#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…

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Sustainable Development Goals and Gender

8 Mar, 2017

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…

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National CCRI workshops held in Africa

22 Feb, 2017

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…

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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…

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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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What’s at steak? The real cost of meat

5 Dec, 2016

Meat and Dairy industry destroying forests and biodiversity 5 Dec: Industrial meat and dairy production is one of the highest contributors to forest loss, and to climate change at 14.5%…

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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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Poster: GFC contribution of community conservation to the implementation of the Aichi Targets

22 Nov, 2016

There is growing recognition in the Convention on BiologicalDiversity (CBD) of alternative non-market-based approaches that address rights,governance and ownership,and traditionalknowledge and customary uses of biodiversity. There is an increasing consensus…

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Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Farming and the impacts of Public Private Partnerships

18 Nov, 2016

Simone Lovera’s presentation at “Out of the Shadows Post-Paris: Animal Agriculture & Climate Change”, side event at #COP22 #Marrakech with Brighter Green and Humane Society International. Download the presentation here

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