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REDD+ and the Green Climate Fund: Confirming the Worst Fears

20 Feb, 2019

By Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, director, Global Forest Coalition, Paraguay/Netherlands Photo: “Afforestation” in Bahia in Brazil. On 29 January 2019, environmental activist Rosane Santiago Silveira was brutally murdered when she was trying to halt the encroachment of these tree plantations on her community lands. Photo by Lovera-Bilderbeek The upcoming meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board in Songdo, South Korea, from 26 to 28 February, is likely to be an historic meeting for international forest policy. For the first time, this …

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Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+: Creating an International Forest Regime

7 Feb, 2019

Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+: Creating an International Forest Regime Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, Global Forest Coalition, Asunción, Paraguay It was…

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Implications of Katowice: Where human rights were ignored while big business captured the negotiations

29 Jan, 2019

By: Souparna Lahiri* The Paris Rulebook (renamed the ‘Katowice Rulebook’ by many), the outcome of 24th Conference of Parties to…

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“Gender is not Plan B!” Advancing gender-responsive measures in the CBD’s Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework

12 Jan, 2019

by Mrinalini Rai, Global Forest Coalition Negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are now at a crucial juncture.…

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A gloomy future for climate finance at COP24

11 Dec, 2018

An all-male climate finance panel discussion at COP24.

By Coraina de la Plaza, Global Forest Coalition Climate finance has again been one of the most sticky issues in…

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CBD COP14: Deforestation, monocultures and Strategic Plans – The farce continues

23 Nov, 2018

by Souparna Lahiri, All India Forum of Forest Movements & Global Forest Coalition COP14 will review the progress in the…

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CBD COP14: Who benefits from gene drives as a modern biotechnology?

21 Nov, 2018

by Kwami D. Kpondzo, Campaigns Officer at Les Amis de la Terre Togo and Africa Regional Focal Point for the…

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Fire and Plantations in Portugal: A case study on the risks of using tree plantations to remove carbon from the atmosphere

28 Sep, 2018

We are pleased to share the following piece originally published in Science for the People, a recently revitalized organization of…

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From Bangkok to Katowice: In whose interests are the climate negotiations?

1 Sep, 2018

Demonstration in Bangkok, 2009. Photo: Souparna Lahiri

by Souparna Lahiri, 2nd September, 2018 This week the negotiations over the Paris Rulebook and Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP)…

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The rights of Indigenous Peoples are key to saving our global ecosystems

9 Aug, 2018

By the Global Forest Coalition Indigenous Peoples have been protecting biodiversity on Earth for thousands of years. Yet their rights…

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A heroic fighter for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: Dr. Taghi Farvar

17 Jul, 2018

The Global Forest Coalition mourns the loss of a heroic fighter for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities,…

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Urgent help needed for those affected by the dam tragedy in Colombia

18 May, 2018

The hidroituango, hydroelectric project in the department of Antioquia is the largest infrastructure currently running in the country. Since April…

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Day of Real Forests

21 Mar, 2018

By the Global Forest Coalition. This photo essay was originally published on Toward Freedom. 21 March 2018: Today is the…

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The dangerous drifting shift of the GCF towards bioenergy

20 Mar, 2018

By: Coraina de la Plaza* The last Green Climate Fund Board Meeting, BM19, took place in the funds´ headquarters, in…

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Stalemate in the WTO but…. No permanent solution for the right to food

1 Jan, 2018

This was originally published in the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation website: https://rosaluxspba.org/en/right-to-food/ December 22, 2017 By Mary Louise Malig* Social movements,…

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The 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly: a growing marketplace for the private sector

12 Dec, 2017

UNEA 3

By: Isis Alvarez The 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3) whose theme focused around “pollution,” was celebrated from December 4-6th,…

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From Bali to Buenos Aires: An Economy for Life

5 Dec, 2017

Brief Background: This living document is a result of an extensive process led by the Social Movements for an Alternative Asia…

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