Resources and publications

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 that it has little to do with reducing deforestation while facilitating land grabbing, logging and monoculture plantations and causing rights violations. Download the report in English – French – Spanish   Despite billions in funding and hundreds of projects, REDD+ is not delivering the promised results in reducing deforestation or forest degradation.  …

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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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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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Are Global Climate Talks Delivering for the World’s Forests?

27 Aug, 2024

Are Global Climate Talks Delivering for the World’s Forests? A political overview of SB 60 from a forests’ perspective   Download the English version of the briefer here   Meetings…

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Who Really Benefits? How REDD+ Fails Forests and Those Who Protect Them – A new Briefing from GFC

29 Jul, 2024

In this new briefing, launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) in Bonn, we unravel the confusions, contradictions and inherent issues with the REDD+ program.

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Roots July 2024: Uniting for Forests and Forest Peoples

22 Jul, 2024

  Roots Newsletter: July 2024 Dear friends, members, allies and comrades, As we stride into the second half of the year, take a moment to reflect on the work of…

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RUS Roots July 2024

22 Jul, 2024

Информационный бюллетень Roots: июль 2024 г.   Дорогие друзья, партнеры, союзники и товарищи!   Вступая во вторую половину года, постарайтесь найти время, чтобы поразмышлять о результатах работы последних нескольких месяцев…

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GFC’s Annual Report 2023 is out now

3 Jul, 2024

We are pleased to share with you a summary of the work done by the Global Forest Coalition in 2023. Our Annual Report describes the key moments and achievements of our campaigns…

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White Paper launched on a just transition from industrial animal production

11 Jun, 2024

A new white paper from GFC and partners unites various civil society organisations dedicated to transforming the food system behind a common vision of an equitable, humane and sustainable food system and agreed pathways for food system transformation to…

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Roots Newsletter: Uniting for Forests and Forest Peoples | April 2024

30 Apr, 2024

Dear friends, members, allies, and comrades, In the first quarter of 2024, the Global Forest Coalition and its members continued to work together to address impacts on forests and communities…

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Информационный бюллетень Roots: Единство в защиту лесов и лесных народов | апрель 2024 г.

30 Apr, 2024

Дорогие друзья, члены, союзники и товарищи, В первом квартале 2024 года Глобальная лесная коалиция и ее члены продолжили совместную работу по устранению последствий воздействия на леса и сообщества в рамках…

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International Mother Earth Day 2024: An Ode to Mother Earth

22 Apr, 2024

In honor of International Mother Earth Day 2024, Dr. Juana Vera Delgado, the Senior Gender Advisor at GFC, has penned and recited a heartfelt ode to our planet, our shared…

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Intl Day of Peasant Struggles: Launch of case study on agroecological shelters in Argentina

17 Apr, 2024

The International Day of Peasant Struggles, commemorated annually on April 17th, echoes the enduring fight for the rights and dignity of peasants and farmers worldwide. The day was originally declared…

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Don’t gamble with our future: Reject the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework

8 Apr, 2024

The Global Forest Coalition today joined with nearly 200 other organisations under the Real Zero Europe campaign in calling on the EU Parliament to reject the Carbon Removal Certification Framework…

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Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow: How three visionary feminist organisations are changing the landscape of food justice and forest/biodiversity-protection

8 Mar, 2024

Photo: Heñói Center for Studies and Promotion of Democracy, Human Rights and Socio-environmental Sustainability, Paraguay.   By Chithira Vijayakumar We live in a time where the agrifood system, driven by capitalism,…

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Examining “Sustainable” Livestock Intensification and Financing: A Critical Analysis of the Hacienda San José Case in Colombia

5 Mar, 2024

To tackle the climate crisis adequately, it is important that climate finance flows massively to initiatives that have real positive effects in terms of climate change mitigation and that have…

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GFC’s Statement on Palestine

21 Nov, 2023

GFC’s Statement on Palestine   The Global Forest Coalition vehemently condemns the ongoing war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people by the government of Israel and its allies, and…

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