Unsustainable Livestock Production

GFC Side-event at UNFCCC intersessional on May 2017: What’s at Steak? Land Use, Livestock, Offsets and the Climate Regime

16 May, 2017

Co-applicants: Global Forest Coalition, Brighter Green, Inc.; FSF. The event will discuss the risks and opportunities of addressing unsustainable land use through the climate regime, including livestock production, deforestation, monoculture tree plantations, forest fires, offsets for aviation and other polluting sectors, and the role of international trade. Speakers: Souparna Lahiri, All India Forum on Forest Movements, India Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition, Paraguay Simon Fischer, Global Forest Coalition, Germany other speakers tba.

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Our food is not your business

6 May, 2017

Alternatives to unsustainable livestock and feedstock farming and the current corporate free trade model This briefing paper aims to contribute to the many ongoing efforts, actions, and discussions on alternatives…

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WTO and Livestock: Starving small farmers, feeding large agribusinesses

10 Apr, 2017

Taking a closer look at the WTO and its free trade model, and how it negatively impacts on the livestock and feedstock industries   By: Mary Louise Malig* In our…

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What’s at “Steak?” The Need for a Just and Sustainable Global Food System

23 Mar, 2017

This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org Photo credit: Jason Taylor for Friends of the Earth International, 2013. CC License. Critical Information Collective. Brazil’s recent rotten meat scandal once again…

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What’s at Steak? Impacts of the industrial livestock and feedstock sector on forests, biodiversity, farmers and communities

7 Dec, 2016

By Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition This piece was originally published by the CBD Alliance for the newsletter, ECO, particularly, ECO Volume 54, Issue 4 Wednesday, 6 Dec. 2016…

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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%…

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Alternatives to Unsustainable Livestock Farming and the impacts of Public Private Partnerships

18 Nov, 2016

Simone Lovera’s presentation at “Out of the Shadows Post-Paris: Animal Agriculture & Climate Change”, side event at #COP22 #Marrakech with Brighter Green and Humane Society International. Download the presentation here

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GFC side-event at UNFCCC COP22 November 2016: Addressing Climate Change through Land Use: Supporting Corporations or Communities?

9 Nov, 2016

Watch the video here Co-organizers: FSF, MSC, TNI Is it possible to respect the rights and role of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women in sustainable, climate friendly and resilient…

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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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Update from Brussels: debates on land use and bioenergy run high

18 Mar, 2016

by Simon Fischer* In the end of last year, the world looked with promising eyes to Paris after the adoption of a presumably historic climate agreement had been announced. The…

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International condemnation of the murder of indigenous leader Bertha Cáceres in Honduras

5 Mar, 2016

March 4, 2016 – Planet Earth Berta Cáceres, indigenous leader and spokeperson for more than 20 years of the Civic Council of Popular and Inigenous Organizations of Honduras (Consejo Cívico…

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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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Struggle against industrial livestock and feedstock production; Support for small farmer agroecology

1 Dec, 2015

December 9, 14:50-16:20 Co-organizers: Global Forest Coalition, La Via Campesina, Brighter Green, Friends of Siberian Forests and Confederation Paysanne Venue: Centquatre Paris Salle 200 The industrial livestock and feedstock industry…

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Influence of GM feedstock products for industrial livestock farming and related pesticides on human health and the environment

24 Nov, 2015

By Svetlana Abramovich* Genetically modified food (GM food) has been a hot topic since its first discovery. Various experiments of genetic engineering with organisms may seem progressive and even well…

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Influence of Russian consumption of unsustainably produced livestock products on climate change

19 Nov, 2015

Svetlana Abramovich* Nowadays all over the world, demand for animal products is rising very fast. By 2050, consumption of meat and dairy products is expected to have risen 76 per…

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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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