Forests and Climate Change

Brief comments on two recent articles: 1. Editorial: Meeting global challenges in forestry / 2. The World (Fake) Forestry Congress

24 Sep, 2013

Here (below) are two articles from the latest FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) ‘Forestry News’ for your interest. The first article quotes Tiina Vähänen, currently REDD Coordinator at the FAO, and formerly Senior Global Programme Officer at the UN-REDD Programme, who will preside over the World Forestry Congress in 2015. Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tML6P4Tt0tA . Though in this short interview, she comes over as somewhat sceptical of the potential of REDD+ to deliver equitable benefits to local communities. Ms Vähänen states: “Forests and trees …

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International Day of Action Targets Monoculture Tree Plantations – Ban on Genetically Engineered Trees Demanded

20 Sep, 2013

New York, US – On 21 September, the International Day of Action against Monoculture Tree Plantations [1], organizations, forest dependent communities, and Indigenous Peoples from around the globe will denounce…

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Declaración: Para hacer frente a la emergencia climática debemos desmantelar la OMC y el régimen de libre comercio

9 Sep, 2013

La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) fue establecida en 1995 para completar el trío de Bretton Woods, con el Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional, para la promoción del…

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STATEMENT: To confront the climate emergency we need to dismantle the WTO and the free trade regime

9 Sep, 2013

Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed the Bretton Woods trio with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in promoting neoliberalism and corporate globalization. The WTO…

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To confront the climate emergency we need to dismantle the WTO and the free trade regime

6 Sep, 2013

For endorsements please email to: climatespace.tunis@gmail.com Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed the Bretton Woods trio with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in promoting…

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Palm Oil: No Thanks: We scrub away the palm oil lobby’s dirty greenwashing

3 Sep, 2013

(cross-posted) Sep 2, 2013 Joint press release by Rainforest Rescue, Society for Threatened Peoples, Robin Wood, Urgewald and Watch Indonesia! Berlin Activists from Rainforest Rescue, the Society for Threatened Peoples,…

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Western Victorian Koala Wipeout and its Relation to FSC Certification Schemes

26 Aug, 2013

On a recent communication our dear and worried friend the Koala bear, in light of the still on-going extensive deforestation rates in his home country, asks Wally Menne from Timberwatch…

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Expanding palm oil empires in the name of ‘green energy’ and “sustainable development’

13 Aug, 2013

Press release by Rights Action, Rainforest Rescue, Biofuelwatch* and Food First 6th August 2013 – International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to…

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Global Forest Coalition’s Annual Report 2012

9 Jul, 2013

The Global Forest Coalition proudly presents its 2012 annual report. You will find a complete summary of our activities during 2012, read about our victories, our shortcomings and a lot…

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43rd issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

1 Jul, 2013

In this new issue of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: the editorial addresses the main happenings during the last United Nations Forum on Forests were market based approaches gained…

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Greenwash Our Way Into Oblivion – The Vacant Climate Plan

27 Jun, 2013

by ANNE PETERMANN Yesterday, President Obama announced his new Climate Action Plan in a nationally televised speech. He described the emerging climate crisis and its impacts–both past, present and future,…

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New Report spells out Potential Negative Impacts of Bioeconomy and Markets in Environmental Services on Women

12 Jun, 2013

Bonn/Bogota, 12 June 2013 A new report [1] by the Global Forest Coalition [2] was launched at a side event on equity in climate mitigation policies organized by GenderCC at…

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Genetically Engineered Trees and Glowing Synthetic Plants? No Thanks

30 May, 2013

Genetically Engineered Trees and Glowing Synthetic Plants? No Thanks This week in Asheville, N.C., the IUFRO “Tree Biotechnology” conference will meet. And the attendees will be met: by protests. Public opinion is…

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Of biomass, ‘energy crops’, power stations and deforestation

24 May, 2013

In May 2010, the Global Forest Coalition warned in its report “Wood-based Bioenergy: The Green Lie”: “The demand for industrial wood bio-energy is causing large areas, especially in the South,…

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Intervention by the Women’s Major Group on Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought at the UN OWG SDG meeting 23 May 2013

23 May, 2013

We want gender to be mainstreamed in all sustainable development policies related to land management, but we do not want to be mainstreamed into a polluted stream. We call for…

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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…

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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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