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GFC side-event at UNFCCC COP22 November 2016: Addressing Climate Change through Land Use: Supporting Corporations or Communities?

9 Nov, 2016

Watch the video here Co-organizers: FSF, MSC, TNI Is it possible to respect the rights and role of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women in sustainable, climate friendly and resilient land use if climate finance is dominated by corporations? The event will address the impact of loans, PPPs like CSA and offset proposals like ICAO-REDD+. Speakers: Salome Kisinge, Envirocare, Tanzania, Cynthia Wechabe, Indigenous Information Network, Kenya, Coraina de la Plaza, GFC

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On Stakeholders, Rightsholder and Conflicts of Interests in Agenda2030

2 Nov, 2016

By Simone Lovera* Agenda2030 uses the term civil society and other stakeholders but there is no clear definition of either civil society, or stakeholders. Sometimes, the private sector is included…

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Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

27 Oct, 2016

In this 51st edition of Forest Cover we examine the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in biodiversity conservation and the launching of the ‘Women2030’ global programme with case studies…

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Joint Position Paper of the ICCA Consortium, Global Forest Coalition and Community Conservation Resilience Initiative on the Draft Decisions CBD COP13

26 Oct, 2016

The 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) is taking place from 4-17 December 2016 in Cancún, Mexico. It will consider a range of draft decisions relevant to…

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Meat as a Driver of Deforestation: Forests, communities and Indigenous Peoples: victims of the industrial livestock and feedstock industry

16 Oct, 2016

Industrial and other forms of unsustainable livestock production have very real impacts on forests, climate and the environment. They also have devastating consequences for communities, Indigenous Peoples, peasants and women.…

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Meat as a Driver of Deforestation: Forests, communities and Indigenous Peoples: victims of the industrial livestock and feedstock industry

15 Oct, 2016

Industrial and other forms of unsustainable livestock production have very real impacts on forests, climate and the environment. They also have devastating consequences for communities, Indigenous Peoples, peasants and women.…

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CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for

23 Sep, 2016

By Miguel Lovera* Last week, the Colombia National Workshop on CCRI took place in two municipalities: Purísima and Lorica in the Department of Cordoba. It was attended by some 50…

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Post-Paris Plantations Will Devastate the Environment, Warn Activists on International Day Against Monoculture Plantations

21 Sep, 2016

Latest plans by the EU and many other countries to include establishment of monoculture tree plantations in their climate action plans to implement the Paris Agreement will lead to dramatic…

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Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

20 Sep, 2016

By Holly Jonas* The world’s oldest largest and most diverse environmental network – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – held its 6th World Conservation Congress from 1-10…

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Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

18 Aug, 2016

by Isis Alvarez* Although the second session of the UNEA-2 ended on 28 May 2016 at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, key concerns emerging from it are still present in…

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Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network engagement meeting with government

27 Jul, 2016

by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* On the 23rd of July MEYN held an engagement with government stakeholders. This meeting is the second one in a row to establish…

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Women warn UN High Level Political Forum could become futile if it does not address systemic obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals

21 Jul, 2016

21 July, New York: The Women’s Major Group [1], gathered at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) [2] that closed today, warning about it failing to address key…

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The Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network meets with WWFSA and WESSA

11 Jul, 2016

by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* Spirits were high as the meeting of MEYN was adjourned at the Lowveld Botanical Gardens Education Centre on Saturday, 9 July 2016. The…

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SDG Policy Brief: Biodiversity Conservation

9 Jul, 2016

Global biodiversity loss is a key threat to food security, human health, and the sustainable development agenda in general. Biodiversity loss reduces the biosphere’s resilience as biotic components or assemblages…

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Protected Areas as a Threat to the Sustainable Development Goals

29 Jun, 2016

By Simone Lovera* When we were preparing the capacity building workshop for the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal, which took place on 24 and 25 June in Kathmandu, we…

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Surviving Ten Days in Bonn

10 Jun, 2016

By Souparna Lahiri* The last time I survived more than a week in a climate meeting was during the inter-sessional in Bangkok in the September of 2009. But, that was,…

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Grassroots Communities’ conservation practices in Kenya receive award on World Environment Day

5 Jun, 2016

5 June, Nairobi: On this World Environment Day 2016, the Global Forest Coalition [1] and the Indigenous Environment Network [2] presented an award to indigenous women’s groups and local schools…

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