The forests are in crisis but biotechnology is not the solution
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Day of Real Forests: A Photo Essay
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…
Peasants and Afro-Descendants Preserve Mother Earth in Colombia
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…
Day of Real Forests
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…
The dangerous drifting shift of the GCF towards bioenergy
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…
Indigenous and Rural Women Conserve Mother Earth and Empower Their Communities
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…
Community conservation is vital to biodiversity, security for Indigenous Peoples of Kenya
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.…
Livestock, EU Mercosur – Warnruf aus dem Süden
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Green Climate Fund Supports Deforestation in Paraguay
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…
Rautahat and Bara reject Parsa park expansion
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Stalemate in the WTO but…. No permanent solution for the right to food
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…
21st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
11-14 and 13-16 December 2017 | Montreal, Canada. Summary Highlights of the Meeting. Read the original article here. Photo: IISD
Forest activists celebrate collapse of WTO and EU-Mercosur negotiations in Argentina
15 Dec, Buenos Aires: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] celebrated the failure of two key trade negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, to reach…
Summit of the Peoples #FueraOMC: Building Sovereignty
Press release Monday, December 11, 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Peoples Summit #FueraOMC today presented its position on the XI Ministerial Conference of the WTO with the presence of activists,…
“Fuera OMC”: manifestantes protestaron en la sede de la conferencia ministerial
Reclaman contra las políticas que se debaten en la Cumbre de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. Una quincena de representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG’s) ingresaron este martes en la…
The 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly: a growing marketplace for the private sector
By: Isis Alvarez The 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3) whose theme focused around “pollution,” was celebrated from December 4-6th, 2017. Several activities prior to UNEA-3 happened the week before,…
3rd Meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN Environment Programme (OECPR-3) and 3rd Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-3)
Summary Highlights, 29 November – 1 December and 4-6 December 2017. Read the original article here. Photo: IISD
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