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Fiu Mata’ese Elisara Steps Down as Board Member of the Global Forest Coalition

10 May, 2018

10 May, Bonn: Fiu Mata’ese Elisara from Samoa, former Chairperson of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), has stepped down from his duties as board member today. Fiu served on the board since 2010 and was GFC’s chairperson from 2010 until 2012. He will be replaced by Ms. Aydah Vahia Akao of the Network of Indigenous Peoples in the Solomon Islands. Vahia Akao was nominated by member organizations of GFC in the Pacific region and was formally appointed to the board …

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Climate Talks in Bonn must Target the Big Four Drivers of Deforestation – Beef, Soy, Palm Oil, Wood, say Forest Activists

6 May, 2018

6 May: More than 50 forest activists from organizations in the Global North and South gathered in Bonn to tell the UNFCCC to discuss the climate impacts of the big…

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Climate Action Studio SB48: Coraina De La Plaza, Indigenous Rights Advisor, Global Forest Coalition

3 May, 2018

Observers and civil society can be an asset to Parties in their work on the Paris Agreement work programme. Civil society has diverse expertise on different matters that could be…

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The whole of MERCOSUR in exchange for a plate of beef

20 Apr, 2018

By: Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition After 20 years of negotiations, the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is entering a crucial moment where it can come to a tragic…

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Viewpoint: ‘Circumventing evolution’ with genetically modified trees puts ecosystems at risk

5 Apr, 2018

That many forests in the United States are suffering health crises is not in question. Much of this troubling condition, however, has come as a result of human activities. The…

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“The Green Climate Fund has potential”

3 Apr, 2018

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The forests are in crisis but biotechnology is not the solution

28 Mar, 2018

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Day of Real Forests: A Photo Essay

21 Mar, 2018

Today is the International Day of Forests. The United Nations General Assembly designated this day as such with the hope that humankind would raise awareness about and celebrate forests. This…

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Peasants and Afro-Descendants Preserve Mother Earth in Colombia

21 Mar, 2018

On Earth Day teleSUR takes a look at the community conservation practices of peasant and Afro-descendant communities of Colombia in this photo essay by CENSAT Agua Viva, Fundaexpresion, and Global…

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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 international day of forests. The United Nations General Assembly designated…

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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 Songdo, South Korea from February 26th to 1st March. This…

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Indigenous and Rural Women Conserve Mother Earth and Empower Their Communities

7 Mar, 2018

On this International Women’s Day, we bring you a photo essay about Indigenous and rural women and their innate connection to nature. Women’s rights and gender equality are crucial for…

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Community conservation is vital to biodiversity, security for Indigenous Peoples of Kenya

6 Mar, 2018

The Maasai and Rendille Indigenous communities in Kenya are facing an existential threat to their lands; development impacts to their wildlife-rich territories are killing off species at an alarming rate.…

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Livestock, EU Mercosur – Warnruf aus dem Süden

1 Mar, 2018

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Green Climate Fund Supports Deforestation in Paraguay

1 Mar, 2018

1 March, 2018: The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) [1] has approved a 90-million-dollar climate change project in Paraguay called “PROEZA” [2] at its Board meeting which concluded…

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Rautahat and Bara reject Parsa park expansion

8 Feb, 2018

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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, trade justice activists, forests and environmental organizations and people campaigning…

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