Extractive industries, tourism and infrastructure

As the Amazon burns, the Summit of Amazon Presidents produces major setbacks and minor advances

22 Aug, 2025

By Pablo Solón 2024 set an all-time record for the amount of forest lost due to wildfires in the Amazon. According to Global Forest Watch, the rate of deforestation of primary tropical forests tripled in Bolivia and more than doubled in Brazil compared to 2023. The Amazon has already reached the point of no return. Regular meetings are held between the presidents of the Amazon countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela). At their last summit, which …

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The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia

11 Dec, 2024

The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia  The Amazon, Congo, and Indonesian tropical forests—three of the world’s largest and…

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Report: Tourism’s Impact on Communities in East Africa: Integrating Biocultural Protocols in Tourism and Biodiversity Policies

23 Oct, 2024

Tourism’s Impact on Communities: Integrating Biocultural Protocols in Tourism and Biodiversity Policies An advocacy strategy for the Maasai Indigenous Community in East Africa   DOWNLOAD NOW: Tourism’s Impact on Communities…

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The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets: Launch of a New Analysis by GFC

21 Oct, 2024

The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets & the Myth of ‘No Net Loss’   In a pivotal new analysis from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), launched in the run-up to…

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Real Solutions, Not False Promises: A Joint Call to Action

21 Oct, 2024

A Joint Call to Action for Rejecting Market-Based Approaches and Advancing a Gender Just and Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Protection at CBD COP 16

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NGOs in global action against large-scale biomass energy

21 Oct, 2024

On the 21st of October 2024 environmental and civil society groups from around the world will take a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy. The international day…

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Roots July 2024: Uniting for Forests and Forest Peoples

22 Jul, 2024

  Roots Newsletter: July 2024 Dear friends, members, allies and comrades, As we stride into the second half of the year, take a moment to reflect on the work of…

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RUS Roots July 2024

22 Jul, 2024

Информационный бюллетень Roots: июль 2024 г.   Дорогие друзья, партнеры, союзники и товарищи!   Вступая во вторую половину года, постарайтесь найти время, чтобы поразмышлять о результатах работы последних нескольких месяцев…

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The Dark Side of Technology: Coltan Mining in the DRC and its Human Rights and Environmental Impacts

17 Nov, 2023

The human rights abuses and environmental degradation associated with coltan mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demand immediate attention and action. International cooperation, transparent mining practices, and adherence…

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New report: Assessing the Gender, Environmental, and Human Rights Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

3 Oct, 2023

GFC’s latest briefing paper, Debt, Displacement, and Biodiversity Loss: Assessing the Gender, Environmental, and Human Rights Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has found that the controversial Belt and…

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Media Release: Urgent action required to halt the gender, environmental and human rights impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

26 Sep, 2023

In a new 16-page report Debt, Displacement, and Biodiversity Loss: Assessing the Gender, Environmental, and Human Rights Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, GFC uncovers the deeply troubling consequences…

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Roots of Resilience: A Podcast from the Global Forest Coalition

13 Jun, 2023

Episode 1: GFC on the Frontlines In this opening episode of Roots of Resilience, host Chithira Vijayakumar speaks with three of GFC’s lead campaigners on the work of GFC and our…

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Historical Deal for Biodiversity

10 Jan, 2023

By Simone Lovera, published 29 December 2022 by Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung In German – Auf Deutsch lesen / In Russian – Читать на русском It was an awkward incident: right at the…

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Press Release: Global Biodiversity Deal Calls for Divestment from Harmful Industries, Recognizes the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Women

19 Dec, 2022

(MONTREAL, DECEMBER 19, 2022)—The Global Forest Coalition, Rainforest Action Network and Sinergia Animal joined the world’s Indigenous Peoples in welcoming the outcomes of the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15)…

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The Elephant in the COP15 Negotiations Rooms: Global Tourism and Its Impacts on Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples

17 Dec, 2022

By Souparna Lahiri in ECO While the World Travel and Tourism Council lobbies at the COP 15 Global Biodiversity Summit with its “Nature Positive Travel and Tourism” report in collaboration…

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Community participation from Central Asia in the Global Biodiversity Framework

15 Dec, 2022

Published in ECO on December 14, 2022 By Elena Kreuzberg, Global Forest Coalition (regional focal point for East and Central Asia) At COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)…

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The TNFD: What it is, who’s behind it and why it’s a major greenwashing risk

13 Dec, 2022

This week at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will meet with regulators and host events to try to sell this corporate…

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