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Press release: Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates at COP29 Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation

15 Nov, 2024

**For Immediate Release**   Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation New briefer exposes inherent flaws in REDD+ November 15, 2024, BAKU – At a joint press conference today from the UN climate summit, representatives from the Indigenous Environmental Network, Acción Ecológica Ecuador, WALHI Indonesia, and the Global Forest Coalition issued a united call to dismantle the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism. The event highlighted the program’s …

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CLARA condemns today’s decision to approve Article 6.4 rules at COP29 in Baku

11 Nov, 2024

The Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA) condemns today’s decision by the CMA, the UN body that takes decisions, to approve rules for the new Article 6.4 carbon market…

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Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit

31 Oct, 2024

Press release: Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit Activists denounce lack of ambition, false solutions and corporate capture in biodiversity negotiations. Cali, Colombia, October…

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“Freeze false solutions” to biodiversity loss and respect rights and ecosystems to achieve real “peace with nature,” says Global Forest Coalition

30 Oct, 2024

Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024 “As long as governments are in cahoots with corporations to destroy nature, there cannot be ‘Peace with Nature.’” Souparna Lahiri of the Global Forest Coalition…

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We Know What’s Behind Biodiversity Loss—It’s Time to Actually Tackle It

30 Oct, 2024

To halt global biodiversity loss in an equitable and gender-responsive manner, countries must stop subsidizing export-oriented economic sectors. By Souparna Lahiri and Valentina Figuera Martínez Common Dreams, 24 October 2024…

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Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists?

26 Oct, 2024

Published in Truthout Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists? Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of the global movement for land and territorial…

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Halt biodiversity loss and corporate-led false solutions that exclude Indigenous Peoples, women and local communities, GFC says

23 Oct, 2024

23 October 2024 — Members and leaders from the Global Forest Coalition held a press conference today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) highlighting the need for countries to focus…

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“Green Paradox”: subsidising biomass to destroy biodiversity

22 Oct, 2024

Published in ECO, 22 October 2024 by Souparna Lahiri Indonesia, under their Just Energy Transition Plan (JETP) proposes and has already initiated transforming coal power plants (CPPs) to co-firing with…

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NGOs in global action against large-scale biomass energy

21 Oct, 2024

On the 21st of October 2024 environmental and civil society groups from around the world will take a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy. The international day…

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Biodiversity Offsets: A Flawed Conservation Solution – New Analysis Debunks “No Net Loss” and Calls for Urgent Action

10 Oct, 2024

Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed…

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Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Warn Against Biodiversity Offsets and Credits

2 Oct, 2024

Over 270 civil society organizations and academics from around the world have voiced strong opposition to the use of biodiversity offsets and credits, warning that such mechanisms will fail to…

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A River’s Rights: Indigenous Kukama Women Lead the Way with Landmark Legal Victory

4 Sep, 2024

Here’s one of the most powerful pieces of good news you probably missed this year: a group of Indigenous women in Peru succeeded in asserting the legal right to integrity…

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Striving for gender justice in forest and biodiversity governance: reflections on our exchange and capacity workshop parallel to the international biodiversity negotiations

8 Jul, 2024

WECF's Annabel Kennedy shares updates from recent meetings and side events by the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) held in parallel to the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body of Implementation…

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GFC points finger at South Korea for taking advantage of climate accounting loophole to expand biomass industry

13 Jun, 2024

Following a side event at Bonn SB60, GFC’s Kwami Kponzo was quoted in South Korean media along with other allies who spoke at the event which brought a spotlight on…

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GFC challenges the notion of environmentally and socially responsible commercial forestry in Africa

3 Jun, 2024

GFC’s Africa Coordinator Kwami Kpondzo told Africa Business Magazine that despite claims to the contrary from the logging industry, there is no real way to mitigate the more damaging impacts…

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Welcoming GFC’s new Policy Director

27 May, 2024

GFC is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Louise Malig as the coalition’s new policy director. Mary Louise brings with her over 20 years of experience in forestry policy…

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Приветствуя нового директора по политике GFC

27 May, 2024

GFC рада объявить о назначении Мэри Луизы Малиг новым директором по политике коалиции. Мэри Луиза обладает более чем 20-летним опытом работы в области лесной политики и адвокации, свободной торговли, изменения…

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