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Roots Newsletter Апрель 2019 года: «Уважать традиционные знания и поддерживать деятельность общин по сохранению окружающей среды»

3 Apr, 2019

Дорогие друзья, 2018 год завершился на воодушевляющей и обнадеживающей ноте – принятием на сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи Организации Объединенных Наций беспрецедентной Декларации Организации Объединенных Наций о правах крестьян и других лиц, работающих в сельской местности. Это стало победой для всех нас, и мы поздравляем наших единомышленников по общественным движениям и такие организации как «La Via Campesina» («Крестьянский Путь»), Союз Крестьян Индонезии (SPI), FIAN, CETIM и множество других, кто усердно работал, чтобы воплотить эту мечту в жизнь. Несмотря на эту с трудом …

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Roots Newsletter April 2019: Respect traditional knowledge and promote community-led conservation!

1 Apr, 2019

Espanol // Française // русский Dear friends, 2018 ended on an inspiring and hopeful note, with the groundbreaking adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and…

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Roots Newsletter Декабрь 2018 года: сила и солидарность на будущий год!

10 Jan, 2019

Дорогие друзья, В преддверии 2018 года мы оглядываемся на насыщенный, но в то же время сложный и вдохновляющий год. Основным моментом для GFC было объединение многих наших членов и союзников…

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Roots Newsletter December 2018: strength and solidarity for the year ahead!

21 Dec, 2018

Dear friends, As 2018 draws to a close we look back on an action-packed, but also challenging and inspiring year. The highlight for GFC was bringing together so many of…

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Forest Cover 57 – 1.5°C from a community perspective

3 Dec, 2018

As governments congregate once more for a climate COP, this time in Katowice, Poland, Forest Cover 57 looks critically at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest assessment report…

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Forest Cover 56 – Community conservation in Africa

28 Sep, 2018

We are excited to bring you this special edition of Forest Cover on community conservation in Africa, which also contributes to discussions at the Conference of the Parties (COP) of…

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GFC Annual Report 2017

21 May, 2018

We are happy to share our 2017 Annual Report: “In Defence of Real Forests and their Communities”. As a global coalition, we have come far. Founded in 2000 with just…

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Forest Cover 55 – The big four drivers of deforestation: beef, soy, wood and palm oil

12 Apr, 2018

Forest Cover 55 looks at trade in just four key commodities—beef, soy, wood, and palm oil—which together are the main drivers of deforestation in the world. Demand for these commodities…

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Forest Cover 54 – Latin America’s Veins Remain Open

30 Nov, 2017

This 54th edition of Forest Cover called “Latin America’s veins remain open,” a title inspired by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano’s landmark book, has a special emphasis on Latin America. It…

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Forest Cover 53 – Leaving no one behind: Community rights and biodiversity conservation

2 Nov, 2017

In this 53rd edition of Forest Cover, published in the run-up to the Convention on Biodiversity's December discussions on biodiversity conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals, we focus on why…

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GFC Annual Report 2016

9 Jun, 2017

2016 was an exciting and productive year for the Global Forest Coalition. We grew our membership to 86 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations from 58 countries, enabling us to reaffirm…

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Forest Cover 52 – The Burning Issue

21 Mar, 2017

In this 52nd edition of Forest Cover we focus on a truly burning issue, the loss of the world’s forests to fire, not only because of our changing climate, but…

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Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

27 Oct, 2016

In this 51st edition of Forest Cover we examine the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in biodiversity conservation and the launching of the ‘Women2030’ global programme with case studies…

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Forest Cover 50 – The SDGs and forests: threat, or opportunity of a lifetime?

17 May, 2016

In this 50th edition of Forest Cover we review the ongoing tension between industrial-scale monoculture plantations and community forest management, considering the impacts of the former on communities in India…

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Forest Cover 49: Meat as Driver of Deforestation

4 Mar, 2016

Welcome to the forty-nineth edition of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) In this edition we look at meat as a driver of deforestation, including the way…

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GFC Annual Report 2015

21 Dec, 2015

Chair intro (by Diego Alejandro Cardona): 2015 was a year of challenges for all those who are concerned about the fate of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, their territories and their…

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Forest Cover 48: Community Conservation Special Edition

1 Nov, 2015

In this issue, we are focusing more on community conservation, and you can find exciting pieces about the real forest heroes: community members and indigenous peoples from over 40 countries around…

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