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Remembering Nimal Hewanila

18 Aug, 2021

It is with great sadness that the Global Forest Coalition has learned about the sudden death of our dear friend and colleague Nimal Hewanila, founder of the Nirmanie Development Foundation, one of our active member groups in Sri Lanka. Nimal took the lead in facilitating the community conservation resilience assessment in Sri Lanka, and supported various important initiatives to conserve genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on the ground. Those who had the blessing of getting to know him personally …

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Thousands mobilize to call for food systems that empower people, not companies

5 Aug, 2021

UN Food Systems Pre-Summit falls short on climate, hunger crisis, COVID-19, and food systems transformation, say counter-mobilization participants, totalling almost 9,000 people. 3 August 2021. Rome, Italy. Between 25-28 July 2021,…

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Pulp and paper giant denounced as the first delivery of eucalyptus arrives in Portugal from Mozambique

14 Jul, 2021

[Português abaixo] The first delivery of eucalyptus trees to Aveiro in Portugal from the port of Beira in Mozambique has been received with strong criticism by Mozambican and Portuguese groups…

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Alarm over costly and polluting conversion of Pego power station in Portugal

21 Jun, 2021

21 June 2021 — A coal power plant in Portugal that was supposed to be shut down could instead be converted into a biomass burning facility at great public expense,…

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Exposing Net Zero greenwash: New report details Big Polluters’ next Big Con

9 Jun, 2021

Exposé of “net-zero” pledges uncovers grossly insufficient plans and the strategies polluting industries have used to lock in the ineffective schemes Press release, for immediate use – In the midst…

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People’s movements call to reclaim food systems from corporate control

6 Jun, 2021

PRESS RELEASE June 5, 2021 People’s movements to counter UN summit; call to reclaim food systems from corporate control On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements…

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World Bank urged to drop a $50 million loan for factory farm expansion in Ecuador because of health, social and environmental impacts

21 May, 2021

20 May 2021–World Bank urged to drop a $50 million loan for factory farm expansion in Ecuador because of health, social and environmental impacts The World Bank is being urged to drop a…

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ICCA Consortium announces upcoming report on Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ territories of life

19 May, 2021

19 May 2021–The ICCA Consortium is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of its first-ever local-to-global report on the state of territories of life. Territories of Life: 2021 Report shines a spotlight on 17…

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Civil society organizations and experts call draft new global action plan on biodiversity conservation disappointingly weak and unacceptable

7 May, 2021

CBD-Alliance, 3 May 2021 — As governments worldwide begin today a new round of formal discussions on proposed new measures under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to protect Earth’s…

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Remembering “Papo”, Elias Diaz Peña Echeguren

6 May, 2021

The Global Forest Coalition wishes to express our deep sadness over the death of our dear friend and colleague Elias Diaz Peña Echeguren, known fondly as Papo. Papo was the…

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Global Forest Coalition expresses solidarity with the Colombian people

5 May, 2021

A bill that would raise taxes and force working people to bear the costs of the Colombian crises is the spark that has lit a fuse in the country, which…

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The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, a massive step back in time

4 May, 2021

See the related Letter of Concern from CBD-Alliance. By Simone Lovera Once upon a time, some 30 years ago, life was very easy for conservationists. Instead of having to cope…

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Remembering Estebancio Castro-Diaz

28 Apr, 2021

The Global Forest Coalition wishes to express our deep sadness over the death of Estebancio Castro-Diaz, our dear friend and a former GFC staff and board member. Estebancio was a…

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The Summits of the Destroyers-in-Chief: We must resist the corporate takeover of the UN’s food, biodiversity and climate agenda

22 Apr, 2021

By Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition The US is back. Back in the Paris Agreement, and back to faithfully promoting the interests of destructive industries and their allies at the…

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GFC Partners with WECF in the Green Livelihoods Alliance

21 Apr, 2021

The Global Forest Coalition is pleased to announce that we are a strategic partner of Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) in the Green Livelihoods Alliance’s “Forests for a…

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Nederlandse pensioenfondsen financieren ontbossing en daar kunnen en moeten ze iets aan doen

13 Apr, 2021

Originally published in de Volkskrant Nederlandse banken en pensioenfondsen faciliteren en investeren in de wereldwijde ontbossing, schrijven Simone Lovera, Kirsten Meijer en Hannah Mowat. De pensioensector is lui en zelfingenomen,…

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The Green Climate Fund is driving a paradigm shift – but in the wrong direction

21 Mar, 2021

By Coraina de la Plaza, Forests and Climate Change campaign coordinator, Global Forest Coalition This year the UN’s International Day of Forests (21st March) links the need to protect forest…

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