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First Impressions from the Preparatory Meetings for Rio+20

4 Apr, 2012

Returning from the UN headquarters in New York, after attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, informal- informal consultations from 17-23 March followed by the 3rd intersessional preparatory meetings from 26-27 March. The meetings, which focus on sustainable development and serve as the preparatory phase before to the Rio+20 Summit in Rio de Janerio in June 2012, place special attention on ‘the green economy’ and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development. This summit dates back to …

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Civil Society Views in Scaling up Biodiversity Finance, Resource Mobilization, and Innovative Financial Mechanisms

3 Apr, 2012

GFC’s submission to the UNFCCC call for Parties and accredited organizations on modalities and procedures for financing results based-actions and activities related to decision 1/CP.16, paragraphs 68-70 and 72. This…

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Sustainable Energy for All – Or Sustained Profits for a Few?

1 Mar, 2012

Sustainable Energy for All (SEFA)1 is an initiative founded and led by the UN Secretary-General. SEFA is developing an Action Report and programme for which they will seek endorsement from…

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Over 25.000 people tell Ahold: stop misleading consumers, Genetically Modified toxic soy is not responsible!

10 Feb, 2012

Yesterday multinational food retailer Ahold has received the signatures of 26.000 people across Europe demanding an end to greenwash projects like the Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS). Jochem van de Laatschot,…

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New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Projects: A Darker Shade of Green Documents Critical Perspectives on REDD

24 Jan, 2012

  Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project have produced a new video entitled A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests. The twenty-eight minute…

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AND THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS REDD FAIRY TALE IS…. “REDD will support Indigenous Peoples”

8 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” to assist delegates in distinguishing truth from fiction regarding the controversial program of Reducing…

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Confused Climate Solutions (CCS)

6 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – If ordinary people are struggling to understand what is going on in the COP17 Climate Change negotiations in Durban, they should not feel too bad as…

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Indigenous Peoples and Allies Call for a Moratorium on REDD+

6 Dec, 2011

Indigenous Peoples participating in the UNFCCC negotiations have called for a moratorium on REDD+ today. In a statement released to the press, the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local…

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The Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD)

4 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – This was the third such ARDD day – the first was during the Copenhagen COP, and some of us went along on the 3rd to keep…

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Workshop on Agriculture and Soils with African Peasant Communities: the Biochar ‘fiasco’ in Cameroon

3 Dec, 2011

Today – in the “People’s Space” at the University of Kwazulu, in conjunction with the UNFCCC COP17, a workshop on agriculture and soils took place. Peasant farmers, most of them…

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Indigenous and Community-led Forest Initiatives Offer Solutions to Today’s Problems Local Communities Need Rights and Respect, Not REDD

2 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – Studies show that the best guardians of forest lands are the people who live there. Indigenous Peoples and other Forest-dependent peoples agree. Yet, all over the…

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COP17 for Dummies

2 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – Around 16,000 people have gathered this year at the Convention Center in Durban to discuss around the climate change problematic, or at least, that is what most…

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Indigenous Leaders Alert the UNFCCC and the World to the Imminent Threat that REDD Poses to their Territories and Livelihoods

1 Dec, 2011

  Durban, South Africa (IPCCA). As the UNFCCC COP 17 opens in Durban, South Africa, a gathering of indigenous leaders from around the world discussing biocultural protocols and REDD warns…

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Forest Campaigners Denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale; Indigenous Communities Declare Safeguards Will Not Work

29 Nov, 2011

Durban, South Africa – At the inauguration of United Nations COP17, Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” [1] to assist delegates in distinguishing truth from…

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BEWARE THE GRIMM REDD FAIRY TALES!!!

28 Nov, 2011

The Global Forest Coalition has produced a series of REDD Fairy Tales.   Introducing: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – REDD+ is a Poisoned Apple  Ananse – REDD’s Sticky Web…

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39th issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

14 Nov, 2011

We present the most recent version of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: Forest Cover no.39. This issue includes an outlook for the upcoming 17th Conference of the Parties of…

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The Global Forest Coalition supports the Free West Papua Campaign

14 Oct, 2011

West Papua needs your help! The forgotten land of West Papua is under brutal Indonesian military occupation. Its tribal people are being slaughtered, and their unique environment destroyed. But the world…

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