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Industrial Livestock Production Key Threat to World’s Forests and Biodiversity

22 May, 2013

New York/Asuncion, 22 May 2013 On the occasion of International Day for Biodiversity and the start of UN talks on a possible sustainable development goal (SDG) on agriculture [1], a coalition of environmental NGOs has published a briefing paper to raise awareness of the negative impacts of rapidly expanding industrial livestock farming and large-scale cattle ranching on the world’s forests and biodiversity. Industrial animal agriculture cuts across multiple sectors, affecting land use, water, food security, public health, and climate change. …

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SEED DECLARATION, INDIA, 2012

14 May, 2013

Foreword: Seed diversity and agrobiodiversity worldwide face the growing threat of market liberalisation, including the FTA between India and the EU that will only suit agribusinesses. To safeguard seed diversity and farmers’…

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Statement to the African regional meeting of the 2013 World Economic Forum

10 May, 2013

*cross-posted from African Women’s Development Fund We the undersigned participants at a strategic meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, held in Cape Town on 3-4 May under the auspices of the African Women’s Development…

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US Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Genetically Engineered Trees

30 Apr, 2013

Upcoming Protests Disrupt Tree Biotech Conference Plans Asheville, NC – By a majority of almost 99.99% to .01%, the US public overwhelming rejected steps toward the legalization of genetically…

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JORNADAS DE REFLEXIÓN CUENCA RÍO MAGDALENA, COLOMBIA

29 Apr, 2013

PANEL NACIONAL ITINERANTE SOBRE POLÍTICA MINERO ENERGÉTICA Sesiones sobre CUENCA RÍO MAGDALENA, INVERSIÓN EXTRANJERA Y ECONOMÍA GLOBAL La política minera y energética que han impulsado los últimos gobiernos en Colombia se…

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International Indigenous Peoples Workshop on Aid and Development Effectiveness

29 Apr, 2013

Baguio City, Philippines April 22, 2013 Today, on the 22nd day of April 2013, 36 delegates from indigenous peoples and communities worldwide and advocates gathered in Baguio City for…

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Major Groups: NGO, Women, Farmer’s, Workers and Trade Unions, and IPs, Youth and Children, (science and technology) at the Asia-Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting on Rio+20

25 Apr, 2013

The following statement was made on behalf of the following major groups: NGO, Women, Farmer’s, Workers and Trade Unions, and IPs, Youth and Children on April 23rd, 2013. We thank…

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Groups Globally Oppose Plans to Burn Wood for Electricity Citing Impacts on Forests, Climate, Communities

24 Apr, 2013

For Immediate Release 24 April 2013 London, England – In conjunction with an action in London today outside of the Drax power plant, organizations and networks from around the world…

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Women’s Major Group Intervention at the 2nd Meeting of the Open Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals

19 Apr, 2013

New York, April 18th, 2013 Presented by Mette Kirstine Schmidt of Sexogsamfund Denmark Thank you, I speak on behalf of the women’s major group, with over 400 organisations and thousands…

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REDD Fiddlers on a Burning Roof

18 Apr, 2013

Before we report on the national workshop on REDD Safeguards Information Systems and Conflict Resolution mechanisms, which took place from 8 to 12 April in Paraguay, let us talk briefly…

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United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF10)

17 Apr, 2013

United Nations Forum on Forests Forestry (UNFFF?) From April 8 to 19th, the 10th UN Forum on Forests is held in Istanbul, Turkey. The main focus for this forum is forest…

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INTERNATIONAL SIGNON: OPPOSE DRAX COAL TO BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANS

15 Apr, 2013

Converting coal plants to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another DRAX, (and some other large coal burning utilities in the UK and elsewhere), seek to convert half of…

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New Report Highlights Indigenous Territories and Community Rights as Alternatives to Forest Carbon Markets

11 Apr, 2013

Istanbul–The current logjam in the negotiations at the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests regarding forest carbon offset markets and other funding mechanisms for forest conservation does not…

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REDD+ Offsets Don’t Add Up

4 Apr, 2013

cross-posted from foodandwaterwatch.org – New Food & Water Europe Report Shows Why Use of International Forest Offsets Won’t Reduce Carbon Emissions Brussels — Developments in the United States may lead to…

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Union des africains contre la nouvelle forme de colonialisme: Né le nouveau réseau contre REDD

4 Apr, 2013

29 mars 2013 Indignées par les accaparements de terres rampantes et le néocolonialisme de REDD (Réduction des émissions dues la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts), les Africains lors…

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NEW SEED LEGISLATION SPELLS DISASTER FOR SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA

3 Apr, 2013

Press Release African Center for Biosafety – 3 April 2013 Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection…

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MENSAJE DE LA REGIÓN LATINOAMERICANA Y DEL CARIBE PRESENTE EN EL EVENTO DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL SOBRE LA AGENDA POST-2015 EN “Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda”

22 Mar, 2013

BONN, ALEMANIA (20-22 de marzo de 2013) Nos preocupa el carácter ambivalente de los procesos globales liderados por las Naciones Unidas (Post-2015 y Post-Rio+20), y las grandes barreras existentes para…

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