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About Dignity and Transformation – Where will the SDGs lead us?

26 Feb, 2015

by Ashish Kothari and Simone Lovera Timed perhaps as a new year gift to the world, the UN Secretary General put out in December 2014 a boldly worded document ‘The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet’. As a call to all countries to respond to the political, economic, and ecological crises we face, the document lays out a new agenda for the future, and steps towards the same. Ending poverty and inequality, tackling …

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Burning the Planet, One Climate COP at a time

13 Dec, 2014

For the third year in a row, a typhoon wreaked havoc on the Philippines during a Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).…

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Protect Gariwong Mountain – Letter to the International Olympic Committee

17 Oct, 2014

To 
the International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy, Case postale 356 1001 Lausanne Switzerland. Phone +41 21 621 61 11 Dear Madam, Sir, On behalf of Friends of the Earth…

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Appeal to India & to the UN on Forest Communities’ Biodiversity & Human Rights based Development

14 Oct, 2014

Contact-address of this appeal: toimisto@maanystavat.fi , Friends of the Earth Finland We appeal to India and to the UN governing bodies on human rights and biodiversity to ensure that the rights and…

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About ICCAs, climate change and perverse incentives for biodiversity conservation

7 Oct, 2014

The unexpected freeze in South Korea that turned the 12th Biodiversity Conference of the Parties into a very chilly experience made it once again clear why climate change impacts us…

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Iberá in conflict: national route 118 blocked in demand of land and against forestry plantations

22 Sep, 2014

Press Release: Corrientes Capital City, September 17, 2014 – Farmer organizations, unions, social and environmental organizations request the ownership of the lands of the San Nicolás Foundation, taken for the provincial…

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Invitación a firmar la declaración de rechazo a la captura de la Cumbre Climática de la ONU por las transnacionales

10 Sep, 2014

Hacemos un llamado a todos los movimientos y organizaciones sociales, a las agrupaciones ambientales y de justicia climática, a unirse a nuestro llamado a la acción y a firmar la…

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Invitation a signer la declaration dénonçant la main-mise des multinationales sur le sommet sur le climat de l’ONU

10 Sep, 2014

Nous appelons toutes les organisations, tous les mouvements sociaux, tous les groupes et mouvements pour la justice climatique à se joindre à nous pour cet appel à l’action et à…

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Invitation to sign on statement to denounce corporate takeover of Climate Summit

9 Sep, 2014

We call upon all fellow social movements, peoples organizations and environmental and climate justice movements to sign on this statement and join us in this call to action. On the 23rd…

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CONSERVATION OF THE RUSSIAN NATURE, PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH OF THE POPULATION – THIS IS NOT POLITICAL ACTIVITY!

9 Sep, 2014

Statement by the Russian Socio-Ecological Union about “foreign agents” Dear Mr. Vladimir Putin! Russian public organization «Socio-Ecological Union» is concerned by the recent increase of pressure on active environmental and health…

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Letter to the Russian Ministry of Justice in Support of Ecodefense.

20 Aug, 2014

Letter by Friends of the Earth, France  Mr. Alexander Konovalov, On July 21st, the Russian government included one the oldest environmental non-governmental organization Ecodefense on the Ministry of Justice “foreign…

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People’s Goals Solidarity Message to the People of Ogoni on the 3rd Anniversary of UNEP Report

11 Aug, 2014

(cross-posted from http://peoplesgoals.org/) The Campaign for People’s Goals for Sustainable Development (People’s Goals) expresses its solidarity with the people of Ogoniland, Nigeria as they mark the third year anniversary of the…

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Margarita Declaration on Climate Change. Social PreCOP Preparatory Meeting: Changing the system, not the climate

28 Jul, 2014

We, women and men representing social movements and organizations, gathered in Margarita Island from July 15th thru 18th 2014, committed to the Good Living, in harmony with the ecosystems of the Earth as a…

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As UN Security Council meets on immediate crises in Gaza and Ukraine, Governments adopt a long term vision and set of goals for sustainable and peaceful development

24 Jul, 2014

Open Working Group forwards new set of Global Sustainable Development Goals to General Assembly: Women’s Major Group Declares ‘Adoption of Outcome a Significant Step but SDGs still lacking Real Ambition…

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The Biggest Land Grabbing in Africa – PROSAVANNA

9 Jun, 2014

(cross.posted via https://www.facebook.com/inusso.jamal#) One of the biggest land grabbing in Africa its about to happen: “press release: National Campaign to PROSAVANA in may 2013, more than 20 civil society organizations and…

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OPEN LETTER & SUPPORTING STATEMENT TO BE SENT TO CTNBio to STOP GE Trees and Support the call by Brazilian and Latin American groups to reject Genetically Engineered eucalyptus trees

3 Jun, 2014

Dear friends, FuturaGene, a biotechnology firm owned by Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano, has requested authorization from the Brazilian Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) for the commercial release of its genetically…

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Comments on FSC at Risk: Greenpeace Progress Report

6 May, 2014

This post is a reflection from one of GFC members on Greenpeace’s Progress Report on the Forest Stewardship Council which can be found here: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/solutions/alternatives-to-forest-destruc/FSC-at-Risk/ During the 20 years since the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)…

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