Resources and publications

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% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report launched today by the Global Forest Coalition [1] at the Convention of Biodiversity in Cancun (CBD COP 13) [2], Mexico. Download the full report in English: High resolution (11.3 MB) | Low resolution (3.9 MB) and Spanish: High resolution (11.3 …

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Climate Finance, Results-based Payments and Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

10 Nov, 2016

A Working Paper of the ICCA Consortium and the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative By Simone Lovera, Holly Jonas, Simon Fischer and Coraina de la Plaza Climate change is one of…

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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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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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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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Forest Cover 50 – The SDGs and forests: threat, or opportunity of a lifetime?

17 May, 2016

In this 50th edition of Forest Cover we review the ongoing tension between industrial-scale monoculture plantations and community forest management, considering the impacts of the former on communities in India…

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Indigenous peoples and communities are key to mainstreaming biodiversity, highlights new report on Earth Day

22 Apr, 2016

22 April, 2016: On the occasion of Earth Day, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] released a new briefing paper titled “Mainstreaming Biodiversity and the Resilience of Community Conservation”[2] ahead…

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Forest Cover 49: Meat as Driver of Deforestation

4 Mar, 2016

Welcome to the forty-nineth edition of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) In this edition we look at meat as a driver of deforestation, including the way…

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New Briefing Paper Highlights Dangers Of A Fraudulent Accounting Framework On Land Use To Potential Climate Agreement

16 Nov, 2015

15 Nov 2015: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] launched a new briefing paper [2] today, providing a critical overview of the problem of current carbon accounting rules in the…

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Fostering Community Conservation Conference Report

15 Nov, 2015

The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) aims to provide community-determined, bottom-up policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community-driven conservation and restoration initiatives, including indigenous peoples’ and…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) Presentations

14 Nov, 2015

Here are the CCRI presentations from our Fostering Community Conservation Conference: Uganda South Africa Solomons Samoa Russia Paraguay Panama Iran Ethiopia Chile

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Indigenous and Local Communities launch crucial report to help governments appropriately recognize and support community conservation

2 Nov, 2015

Community conservation: Indigenous peoples and local communities have shown that we understand much better the ways of sustainable living and conservation of nature than any technocrats and government authorities

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Forest Cover 48: Community Conservation Special Edition

1 Nov, 2015

In this issue, we are focusing more on community conservation, and you can find exciting pieces about the real forest heroes: community members and indigenous peoples from over 40 countries around…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) toolkit

15 May, 2015

The aim of the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) is to contribute to the implementation of the CBD’s 2011­2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets by providing policy advice on effective…

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Presentation: Non-financial Means of Implementation

15 Apr, 2015

The post-2015 development agenda should include both financial and non-financial Means of Implementation. It should have a strong human rights-based regulatory and institutional framework together with technology and innovation that…

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Presentation: Community Conservation Resilience Initiative

31 Jul, 2014

Introduction to the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative and its participatory assessment methodology presented by Simone Lovera of GFC at the strategic workshop on CCRI, ICCAs and the Global ICCA Support…

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