Por Mario Hernández La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) estará sesionando su reunión ministerial número 11 en Buenos Aires del 10 al 13 de diciembre. Entrevistamos a Luciana Ghiotto, de la Confluencia “Fuera OMC”, quien nos explica los motivos del rechazo a la OMC y a su fuerte línea de libre comercio y desregulación. Read the original article here.
By Jeanette Sequeira November 29 marks the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. It is a tribute to the thousands of courageous women who stand up for human rights and…
By Coraina de la Plaza* Another climate COP ended in the backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide – ravaging wildfires in Europe, massive hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean islands, record…
Photo: Activists stage protest against the carbon dioxide emissions trading in front of the World Congress Centre Bonn, the site of the COP23, the annual UN climate change conference, in…
Implementation of FRA in protected areas has been virtually non-existent and claims filed under FRA lie pending for as long as since 2009. Click here to read the original article.…
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Activists are demanding the repeal of a law to increase forest cover by planting more trees, saying it is encouraging deforestation and depriving indigenous…
Photo: In many areas, plantations were fenced off, blocking access of local communities to the forest. Credit: Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava / Flickr All the 52 compensatory afforestation plantations in Chhattisgarh,…
As Global Forest Coalition we were sad to learn about the news of the passing away of our close friend Wally Menne, one of the great lions of the global…
By Jan Carl Matysiak* It is a rare outstanding forest with an innumerable number of over 100 year old trees. It is one of the last places where you can…
Uslaini or Chaus comes from a farming family of the Minangkabau indigenous tribe in West Sumatra. She is also an activist and work for the development of rural communities and…
At the start of a major Climate Engineering Conference [1] in Berlin, the Global Forest Coalition [2] has launched a Working Paper that highlights the risks of different proposals for…
Co-Written by GRAIN & Ashlesha Khadse Originall published by CounterCurrents.org on October 3, 2017 Featured photo by: Farmers of the Karnataka Farmers movement (KRRS) mobilize against unfair prices as part…
On the occasion of this year’s International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations (21 September), OLIVER MUNNION reminds us of the importance of conserving and restoring natural forests. The piece is…
My name is Uslaini, my nickname is Chaus and I’m the Director of WALHI Sumatera Barat in Indonesia. My passion in life is helping rural communities to have a better…
August 2017 We, the Global Forest Coalition, an international coalition of 87 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations from 59 different countries, express our concern and call for solidarity with Pablo…
Quarter of a Million People Say NO to First-Ever GE Forest Tree *Photo by Orin Langelle of the wildfires in Chile By: Anne Petermann As a result of a national…
This photo essay is originally published in Intercontinental Cry. Community members analyzing a map during a Participatory GIS (PGIS) mapping exercise. PGIS places control on access and use of culturally…
