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Organising for an International Day of Action on Big Biomass on 21 October 2022

13 Sep, 2022

On the 21st of October 2022 the forests, climate and biomass working group invites all of its members and supporters to join us for an International Day of Action on Big Biomass! You are invited to participate in whatever way you are able, wherever you are in the world.  Details of the day Aims To raise awareness of the environmental and social impacts of burning forest biomass on an industrial scale.  To show that the impacts of burning big biomass …

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Guaraní Women Leaders in Bolivia Share Successful Land Struggle on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

25 Aug, 2022

By: Valentina Figuera Martínez, GFC Gender Justice and Forests Campaign Coordinator | August 9, 2022 (photo by CCIMCAT) Guaraní women leaders from Laguna Chica, which is located in the Department…

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You’ve probably never heard about TNFD, but it threatens to be the new frontier in corporate greenwashing

15 Aug, 2022

By Shona Hawkes Anyone who cares about protecting nature, biodiversity and those who defend it ultimately has a stake in stopping the trillions of dollars that are driving nature destruction…

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Civil Society Groups Say UN-backed TNFD Proposal Invites Corporate Greenwashing on Nature

5 Aug, 2022

forestsandfinance.org, 3 August 2022 – Today, thirteen civil society organizations are sounding the alarm about the corporate greenwashing on nature that the work of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures…

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“Being a woman means resistance, to fight for the conservation of forests”

5 Aug, 2022

By Valentina Figuera Martínez, Gender Justice and Forests Campaign coordinator | August 5, 2022 “What does it mean to be a woman in my territory today?” was one of the…

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Call for applications! Digital design and production of campaign identity and website

18 Jul, 2022

Client Stop Financing Factory Farming (SFFF): a global campaign by civil society and non-profit organisations to stop public development banks like the World Bank funding industrial animal agriculture, and shift…

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Statement in response to the assassination of Venezuelan indigenous leader Virgilio Trujillo Arana

7 Jul, 2022

Communiqué from the National Ecosocialist Front for Life (FRENESVI): In view of the vile murder of Virgilio Trujillo Arana, of the Uwottujja Indigenous community, in Autana, Venezuela (Amazonas State), on…

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Who Makes Decisions at the CBD? The Increasing Power of Business in Biodiversity Protection

24 Jun, 2022

By Philip Seufert, FIAN International (This article is based on discussions during a virtual CSO webinar hosted by FIAN International in May 2022) The next few months will show if…

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CLARA Responds to UNFCCC Bonn Climate Talks

22 Jun, 2022

After the most recent international climate negotiations in Bonn, the Climate Land Ambition & Rights Alliance (CLARA) has issued a press release providing updates and analyses on Paris Agreement Article…

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Calls Open for Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards 2022 – Apply Now!

20 Jun, 2022

The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) is now calling for applications to the 2022 annual Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards, conducted with the support of the Climate Technology Centre and…

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Watch: ‘Ready to Launch’, GFC speaks at the UNFCCC 2022 side event

17 Jun, 2022

Bonn, Germany – GFC spoke at ‘Ready to Launch: A vision for how Non-Market Mechanism in 6.8 can move climate action forward’, a Side Event hosted by the Climate, Land,…

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Watch: GFC speaks at ‘Climate Justice Pathways for Real Zero, Real Finance, and Real Action’, UNFCCC 2022 Side-Event

13 Jun, 2022

Bonn, Germany – Corporate Accountability International, Global Forest Coalition, Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement (APMDD) and Friends of the Earth Togo, all members of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate…

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GFC in the News: World Environment Day and the Importance of Community Conservation

7 Jun, 2022

June 5 was World Environment Day. On that occasion, MongaBay interviewed GFC’s Executive Director Simone Lovera in an article about the “triple threat” of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.…

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Call for Offers: Campaign coordinator of Gender Justice and Forests campaign (part time)

16 May, 2022

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is seeking a part-time coordinator for its campaign on Gender Justice and Forests. The goal of the campaign is to advocate for genuine gender just…

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Global Forest Coalition featured on Women Rising Radio

3 May, 2022

Recently, the work of Global Forest Coalition was featured on an episode of Women Rising Radio called “Deforestation Emergency.” Interviews were done with Bernarda Pessoa of CONAMURI in Paraguay and…

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In Memory of Khadija Catherine Razavi

19 Apr, 2022

The Global Forest Coalition expresses its deepest sadness over the loss of our colleague Khadija Catherine Razavi, founder and chair of the Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA) in…

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We are hiring for various communications-related roles!

18 Apr, 2022

Are you an enthusiastic communications professional looking to work on ad hoc, short-term assignments in a small yet global, multicultural organization dedicated to forest conservation, environmental justice, human rights and…

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