GFC’s Annual Report 2013
We are happy to bring to you our Annual Report for the year 2013.Find out about our work and the development of our campaigns spanning from India to Colombia and beyond!
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The Biggest Land Grabbing in Africa – PROSAVANNA
(cross.posted via https://www.facebook.com/inusso.jamal#) One of the biggest land grabbing in Africa its about to happen: «press release: National Campaign to PROSAVANA in may 2013, more than 20 civil society organizations and…
OPEN LETTER & SUPPORTING STATEMENT TO BE SENT TO CTNBio to STOP GE Trees and Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject Genetically Engineered eucalyptus trees
Dear friends, FuturaGene, a biotechnology firm owned by Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano, has requested authorization from the Brazilian Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) for the commercial release of its genetically…
Redirecting Government Support for Unsustainable Livestock Production key to Biodiversity Conservation, Claim New Report and Briefing Paper
Asunción, Paraguay – A new report and briefing paper launched by Brighter Green and the Global Forest Coalition on the International Day of Biodiversity highlight the negative impact of unsustainable…
45th issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition
We are happy to announce the 45th issue of Forest Cover, the Global Forest Coalition newsletter on international policy processes related to forests and forest people’s rights. The editorial by…
Community Conservation Resilience Initiative: Methodology
The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative was established by an informal alliance of national and international Indigenous Peoples’ organisations, nongovernmental organisations and social movements that shared a joint belief in community stewardship, governance and…
Comments on FSC at Risk: Greenpeace Progress Report
This post is a reflection from one of GFC members on Greenpeace’s Progress Report on the Forest Stewardship Council which can be found here: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/solutions/alternatives-to-forest-destruc/FSC-at-Risk/ During the 20 years since the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)…
Industry Hype & Misdirected Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned
(cross-posted) – Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9 APRIL 2014 Washington, DC–Scientists and environmentalists today condemned a recent press…
Exhibition on Green Land Grabbing Launched
On the occasion of International Forest Day, the Global Forest Coalition [1] in collaboration with Critical Information Collective [2], Global Justice Ecology Project [3], and Langelle Photography [4], launched an…
21st March, the International Day of Mourning for Millions of Hectares of Destroyed and Stolen Forests
On 21st March, the International Day of Mourning for Millions of Hectares of Destroyed and Stolen Forests, we should weep in solidarity with the millions of displaced, dispossessed and now poverty stricken, formerly forest dependent…
Morning hearing on 4 February between the OWG Co-Chairs and Major Groups and other stakeholders
(cross-posted from http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article4408&var_mode=calcul#Morning%20hearing%20on%204) On 4 February, the morning hearing between the OWG Co-Chairs and Major Groups and other stakeholders focused on “forests and biodiversity.” The first panellist, Sabá Loftus, from the…
The UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service Interviews GFC’s Executive Director Simone Lovera
The UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service Interviews GFC’s Executive Director Simone Lovera In this interview, UN-NGLS speaks with Simone Lovera, Director of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), on a wide range…
Comunicado sobre las Declaraciones del Ministro Gattini – Paraguay
A propósito de las declaraciones del Ministro Gattini… Desde la campaña Ñamosêke Monsanto, que aglutina a las organizaciones abajo firmantes, 1.Saludamos la franqueza del ministro Gattini. Probablemente es el primer…
Frustrating Times in the Fight against Biofuel Burning and Deforestation
By Missi Davis for the Global Forest Coalition Forests cover nearly a third of the land on Earth, producing oxygen supporting a vast diversity of wildlife. Deforestation is responsible for…
WMG PANEL PRESENTATION AT THE 8th SESSION OF THE OPEN WORKING GROUP ON SDG’s
EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN WORKING GROUP ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (OWG8) CO-CHAIR MORNING SESSION: FORESTS AND BIODIVERSTY 3 February 2014, UNHQ, NEW YORK, USA Remarks by ISIS ALVAREZ…
44th issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition
The year 2013 is almost to a close, a year that was marked by many challenges to the rights of forest peoples and growing threats of green land grabbing, while…
Wilmar’s No Deforestation policy tested by latest abuses by PT Asiatic Persada
(cross-posted) Jakarta, December 17, 2013 – The indigenous Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) community of Bungo, in Jambi, Indonesia has struggled for 27 years to regain control of their territory from the palm…
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