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Action alert: join us to oppose nature-based solutions greenwash on International Day for Biological Diversity

16 May, 2020

May 22nd is International Day for Biological Diversity, and the theme chosen by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) this year is “Our solutions are in nature”. This is a clear reference to increasingly popular nature-based solutions (NBS) as a strategy for mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss. NBS as a concept has gained a lot of momentum over the last few years. Unfortunately, it has been twisted by corporations, governments and intergovernmental organizations to falsely re-brand highly damaging …

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Women’s Major Group on COVID-19 and the environment: support real solutions that respect human rights

15 May, 2020

The Women’s Major Group has published this powerful statement in response to the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) President’s letter to UNEA’s Ministerial Declaration. The statement links the current coronovirus crisis…

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Indigenous Sami under threat from logging in Sweden

22 Apr, 2020

by Kristina Bäck, Protect the Forest, Sweden Sweden’s state-owned forestry company Sveaskog have announced that they will sell another 10,400 hectares of forest, more than 2,000 hectares of which are…

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International Day of Peasant Struggle // Industrial meat production: reshaping the world in its own image

17 Apr, 2020

Perspectives from the Global South and the path to an alternative model of sustainable livestock farming On International Day of Peasant Struggle, we are delighted to launch a new report…

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Environmental groups condemn Estonia’s rejection of ‘climate and biodiversity centered’ forestry impact assessment

8 Apr, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8 APRIL 2020 The Global Forest Coalition, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations from 65 different countries, along with 27 additional groups,…

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Webinar series: Unsustainable livestock farming and its alternatives in a time of COVID-19 – save the dates!

7 Apr, 2020

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) invites you to participate in a webinar series on unsustainable livestock production and alternatives to it, taking place throughout April. These webinars build on a…

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250 organisations demand red lines for aviation bailouts

6 Apr, 2020

#SavePeopleNotPlanes: Open letter demands that workers and the climate are put first 6th of April 2020 – Today, more than 250 organisations from 25 countries published an open letter directed…

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32 organisations worldwide call on BlackRock to drop Drax

23 Mar, 2020

Originally published by Biofuelwatch A coalition of 32 environmental organisations worldwide has sent a letter to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, asking it to divest from Drax Plc, owner…

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New briefing: Can sustainability and greenhouse gas standards protect the climate, forests and communities from the impacts of wood-based bioenergy?

12 Mar, 2020

This briefing is published jointly by the Global Forest Coalition and our UK and US-based member group, Biofuelwatch. In it we analyse efforts to implement sustainability and greenhouse gas standards…

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If women stop, the world stops: we’re supporting the Women’s Global Strike on International Women’s Day

8 Mar, 2020

Today is International Women’s Day and GFC is proud to be supporting the Women’s Global Strike. Many of our staff and member groups are joining the global strike to fight…

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Why the Green Climate Fund must reject Arbaro’s plantations

5 Mar, 2020

co-authored by the Global Forest Coalition and our member groups HEÑÓI (Paraguay), Iniciativa Amotocodie (Paraguay), Sobrevivencia/Friends of the Earth (Paraguay), The Development Institute (Ghana), The National Association of Professional Environmentalists…

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Women’s rights and traditional knowledge are crucial for conserving biodiversity in Kyrgyzstan

3 Mar, 2020

[Русская версия] Last week, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) negotiations in Rome aimed to set out a global biodiversity framework for the coming decades. The sheer scale of the challenges…

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Convention on Biological Diversity: The Great Contradictions in the Zero Draft

25 Feb, 2020

by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Originally published in ECO Volume 61, Issue 1 The zero draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework looks like a wonderful document at first…

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70 organizations and 30 scientists call on politicians and authorities: Stop the logging of high conservation value forests in Sweden

18 Feb, 2020

Original press release by GFC member group Protect the Forest: Today, 70 organizations from 25 countries and 30 scientists send an open letter to Swedish Ministers, Members of the Swedish…

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Forest Cover 60: How is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) impacting women and forests?

18 Dec, 2019

This edition of Forest Cover focuses on the Belt Road Initiative (BRI). BRI is the Chinese government’s global development strategy to revitalise the old Silk Road, linking China with Asia…

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ЛЕСНОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ 60: Как Инициатива «Пояс и путь» влияет на женщин и леса?

18 Dec, 2019

 Это издание журнала Forest Cover посвящено Инициативе по поясу и пути (BRI). BRI - это стратегия глобального развития правительства Китая, направленная на восстановление старого Шелкового пути, связывающего Китай с Азией…

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International Day of #RuralWomen: videos of Women2030 projects in Paraguay and Kenya

10 Dec, 2019

On International Day of #RuralWomen we celebrated the crucial role that rural women and girls play in contributing to securing land rights, livelihoods and food sovereignty, as well as building…

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