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Press release: Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates at COP29 Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation

15 Nov, 2024

**For Immediate Release**   Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation New briefer exposes inherent flaws in REDD+ November 15, 2024, BAKU – At a joint press conference today from the UN climate summit, representatives from the Indigenous Environmental Network, Acción Ecológica Ecuador, WALHI Indonesia, and the Global Forest Coalition issued a united call to dismantle the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism. The event highlighted the program’s …

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New Report: The Great REDD+ Climate Illusion

13 Nov, 2024

The Great REDD+ Climate Illusion: A flawed equation for forests, people, and planet A new briefer from the Global Forest Coalition GFC’s latest research critically examines the REDD+ program, showing…

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CLARA condemns today’s decision to approve Article 6.4 rules at COP29 in Baku

11 Nov, 2024

The Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA) condemns today’s decision by the CMA, the UN body that takes decisions, to approve rules for the new Article 6.4 carbon market…

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GFC at CBD COP 16

30 Oct, 2024

  Global Forest Coalition at CBD COP16 Real Solutions, Not False Promises   From 21 October to 1 November 2024, GFC is participating in the 16th meeting of the Conference…

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“Freeze false solutions” to biodiversity loss and respect rights and ecosystems to achieve real “peace with nature,” says Global Forest Coalition

30 Oct, 2024

Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024 “As long as governments are in cahoots with corporations to destroy nature, there cannot be ‘Peace with Nature.’” Souparna Lahiri of the Global Forest Coalition…

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We Know What’s Behind Biodiversity Loss—It’s Time to Actually Tackle It

30 Oct, 2024

To halt global biodiversity loss in an equitable and gender-responsive manner, countries must stop subsidizing export-oriented economic sectors. By Souparna Lahiri and Valentina Figuera Martínez Common Dreams, 24 October 2024…

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Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists?

26 Oct, 2024

Published in Truthout Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists? Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of the global movement for land and territorial…

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Report: Tourism’s Impact on Communities in East Africa: Integrating Biocultural Protocols in Tourism and Biodiversity Policies

23 Oct, 2024

Tourism’s Impact on Communities: Integrating Biocultural Protocols in Tourism and Biodiversity Policies An advocacy strategy for the Maasai Indigenous Community in East Africa   DOWNLOAD NOW: Tourism’s Impact on Communities…

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Halt biodiversity loss and corporate-led false solutions that exclude Indigenous Peoples, women and local communities, GFC says

23 Oct, 2024

23 October 2024 — Members and leaders from the Global Forest Coalition held a press conference today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) highlighting the need for countries to focus…

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“Green Paradox”: subsidising biomass to destroy biodiversity

22 Oct, 2024

Published in ECO, 22 October 2024 by Souparna Lahiri Indonesia, under their Just Energy Transition Plan (JETP) proposes and has already initiated transforming coal power plants (CPPs) to co-firing with…

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The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets: Launch of a New Analysis by GFC

21 Oct, 2024

The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets & the Myth of ‘No Net Loss’   In a pivotal new analysis from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), launched in the run-up to…

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Real Solutions, Not False Promises: A Joint Call to Action

21 Oct, 2024

A Joint Call to Action for Rejecting Market-Based Approaches and Advancing a Gender Just and Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Protection at CBD COP 16

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NGOs in global action against large-scale biomass energy

21 Oct, 2024

On the 21st of October 2024 environmental and civil society groups from around the world will take a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy. The international day…

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Biodiversity Offsets: A Flawed Conservation Solution – New Analysis Debunks “No Net Loss” and Calls for Urgent Action

10 Oct, 2024

Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed…

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Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Warn Against Biodiversity Offsets and Credits

2 Oct, 2024

Over 270 civil society organizations and academics from around the world have voiced strong opposition to the use of biodiversity offsets and credits, warning that such mechanisms will fail to…

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Advancing Gender Equity in Biodiversity: Insights from the GLA Gender Hub

24 Sep, 2024

In June 2024, the Green Livelihood Alliance’s (GLA) Gender Hub hosted another Inclusive Forest Community of Practice (InFoCP) session, focusing on preparations for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16…

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Quito Declaration: Tackling Industrial Animal Production

10 Sep, 2024

We present this declaration, arising from the “Meeting of Possible Horizons in the Face of Extractivism of Industrial Animal Production,” held in Ecuador, August 21-23, 2024. In response, the organisations…

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