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Prime Minister’s Address at CBD COP11 Is a Classic Case of Doublespeak

16 Oct, 2012

Kalpavriksh – Hyderabad, 16.10.2012 The Indian Prime Minister’s address to the High Level Segment of CBD COP11 today, is a classic case of doublespeak. Listening to his assertions regarding India’s commitment to conservation and livelihoods, one would think the country is in the right hands. Nothing can be farther from the truth. If the PM is serious about what he said, he needs to make fundamental changes to the government’s economic policies and governance structures. For example: What the PM said: …

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Peoples Biodiversity Festival: the Commercialization of Biodiversity

16 Oct, 2012

By La Via Campesina Farmers movements, members of the global peasants movement la Via Campesina organized a talk on “the commercialization of biodiversity” at the Peoples Biodiversity Festival organized by…

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Biofuels: Is the CBD asleep at the wheel?

15 Oct, 2012

Rachel Smolker, Energy Justice Network COP11’s draft decision on impacts of biofuels on biodiversity, as discussed on Thursday, is remarkably meek in its recommendations on the issue of biodiversity impacts…

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Press Release: People’s Biodiversity Festival: ‘Unity for Diversity’

13 Oct, 2012

Oct 13 to 16, 11 am to 7.30 pm, Exhibition Grounds, Nampalli The People’s Biodiversity Festival, ‘Unity for Diversity’, is a collaborative endeavor of a large number of groups, including…

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About Forests, Budgets and the CBD Underdog Mentality

12 Oct, 2012

COP11 might become the conference that declared the CBD more or less irrelevant for the estimated 80% of terrestrial biodiversity that is represented by forest ecosystems. Forests already received a…

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GFC’s Biofuels Statement at COP11

12 Oct, 2012

Thank you chair, I am speaking on behalf of Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus, Timberwatch and other NGO members of the Global Forest Coalition. There is now significant scientific evidence of direct and…

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Appeal to CBD Alliance for writing to the Prime Minister of India on violation of forest and community rights

12 Oct, 2012

To the friends from International NGOs, community groups and social movements at the CBD alliance. As you are by now aware that the Indian Parliament has enacted the Scheduled Tribes…

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An Appeal on behalf of Civil Society regarding the proposed golf tournament of COP Delegates at the Hyderabad golf course

11 Oct, 2012

(cross-posted from ECO* no.3) Dear Delegates to CBD COP11, We welcome you to our city and look forward to a conference of sharing of information, knowledge and creating new channels…

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GFC’s intervention during REDD+ discussion at CBD’s COP11

10 Oct, 2012

GFC: Thank you Madam chairperson for allowing me this opportunity to speak. We share concerns that REDD+ might not necessarily contribute to biodiversity and that the discussion should focus on…

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Women’s Caucus Opening Statement at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

9 Oct, 2012

My Name is Archana Godbole of AERF India Speaking on behalf of the women’s caucus We welcome the new CBD Executive secretary and we look forward to working together to…

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CBD-COP 11: Civil Society Opening Statement

9 Oct, 2012

Español debajo Opening statement as the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity starts in Hyderabad, India. Madame Chair, distinguished delegates and observers: The CBD Alliance warmly…

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Media Alert: Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature

8 Oct, 2012

Hyderabad, India, 8 October 2012 Press Conference: Monday, 8 October 2012, 11am Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature As the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention…

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Press Conference: Monday, 8 October 2012, 11am Bioeconomy as Main Promoter of Financialization of Nature

8 Oct, 2012

As the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 11) opens in Hyderabad, India, a diverse alliance of concerned environmental organizations highlight two massive…

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41st issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

28 Sep, 2012

We present the 41st version of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: Forest Cover no.41st. In this issue you will find: an interesting editorial on the current policies that add…

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Biodiversity and Livelihoods under Attack from Industrial Bio-economy Strategy

25 Sep, 2012

The EU is rapidly developing a new type of ‘post-fossil fuel’ economy, dubbed the ‘bio-economy’ (as described in the report “Bio-economies: the EU’s real ‘Green Economy’ agenda? 1), and…

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On 21st September the world must know the true costs of industrial monoculture tree plantations

21 Sep, 2012

Externalised costs and the harmful effects of industrial tree plantations need to be far better understood by governments in Africa and elsewhere around the world. The numerous social problems and negative…

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Activist Groups Denounce Bio-economy and Sustainable Biomass Myth on International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations

20 Sep, 2012

Asuncion/London/Glasgow/Buffalo On the occasion of the International Day of Protest Against Monoculture Tree Plantations {1}, the Global Forest Coalition [2], Biofuelwatch [3] Critical Information Collective [4] and Global Justice Ecology…

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