Supporting Community Conservation

About ICCAs, climate change and perverse incentives for biodiversity conservation

7 Oct, 2014

The unexpected freeze in South Korea that turned the 12th Biodiversity Conference of the Parties into a very chilly experience made it once again clear why climate change impacts us all. And sadly, the impacts of climate change will be and already are a lot more serious than cold conference rooms. Indigenous and community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and in the implementation of Aichi target 15 on ecosystem resilience. …

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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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Presentation of the ICCA Consortium Programme

30 Jul, 2014

Introduction to the vision, mission and main priorities of the ICCA Consortium by Grazia Borrini-Feyeraben, cooridnator of the ICCA Consortium, at the strategic workshop on CCRI, ICCAs and the Global…

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Presentation: Developing Strategies for Engagement in International Law and Policy Processes

29 Jul, 2014

Introduction to intergovernmental policy processes relevant to ICCAs and community conservation by Holly Jonas, Natural Justice, international policy advisor of the ICCA Consortium, at the strategic workshop on CCRI, ICCAs…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative: Methodology

15 May, 2014

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…

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Intervention by the Global Forest Coalition at SBSTTA-17

15 Oct, 2013

We appreciate Valerie Hickey’s remarks about mainstreaming biodiversity, including in the process to develop a truly sustainable post-2015 development agenda. As core member of the Women’s Major Group the Global…

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IPBES: An Unbearable Burden

20 Feb, 2013

By S.Faizi (cross-posted from Countercurrents.org) Surplus income of some countries and under-employed experts when combined together can create global havocs. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)…

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Open Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – India: Gram Sabha’s voice in forest clearance needs to be strengthened, not diluted

4 Feb, 2013

Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India Government of India New Delhi Jan 24, 2013 Subject: Concerns on possible dilution of MOEF’s circular of July 2009 on compliance of Forest…

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People’s Manifesto for Biodiversity, 16-10-12

18 Oct, 2012

People’s Biodiversity Festival, 13-16 October, 2012, Hyderabad 1. We are alarmed that the CBD that came into existence as a promising international treaty for the conservation, sustainable use and fair…

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“Walk the Talk,” Women from Various Global Regions Urged Parties at the 11th COP CBD

17 Oct, 2012

Women’ Caucus /  Convention on Biological Diversity 11th COP, Hyderabad, India On October 15, World Rural Women’s Day, in a press conference at the sidelights of the 11th  Conference of Parties…

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Prime Minister’s Address at CBD COP11 Is a Classic Case of Doublespeak

16 Oct, 2012

Kalpavriksh – Hyderabad, 16.10.2012 The Indian Prime Minister’s address to the High Level Segment of CBD COP11 today, is a classic case of doublespeak. Listening to his assertions regarding India’s commitment…

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Peoples Biodiversity Festival: the Commercialization of Biodiversity

16 Oct, 2012

By La Via Campesina Farmers movements, members of the global peasants movement la Via Campesina organized a talk on “the commercialization of biodiversity” at the Peoples Biodiversity Festival organized by…

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Press Release: People’s Biodiversity Festival: ‘Unity for Diversity’

13 Oct, 2012

Oct 13 to 16, 11 am to 7.30 pm, Exhibition Grounds, Nampalli The People’s Biodiversity Festival, ‘Unity for Diversity’, is a collaborative endeavor of a large number of groups, including…

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About Forests, Budgets and the CBD Underdog Mentality

12 Oct, 2012

COP11 might become the conference that declared the CBD more or less irrelevant for the estimated 80% of terrestrial biodiversity that is represented by forest ecosystems. Forests already received a…

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Appeal to CBD Alliance for writing to the Prime Minister of India on violation of forest and community rights

12 Oct, 2012

To the friends from International NGOs, community groups and social movements at the CBD alliance. As you are by now aware that the Indian Parliament has enacted the Scheduled Tribes…

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An Appeal on behalf of Civil Society regarding the proposed golf tournament of COP Delegates at the Hyderabad golf course

11 Oct, 2012

(cross-posted from ECO* no.3) Dear Delegates to CBD COP11, We welcome you to our city and look forward to a conference of sharing of information, knowledge and creating new channels…

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GFC’s intervention during REDD+ discussion at CBD’s COP11

10 Oct, 2012

GFC: Thank you Madam chairperson for allowing me this opportunity to speak. We share concerns that REDD+ might not necessarily contribute to biodiversity and that the discussion should focus on…

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