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Forest Policy Fails to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Degradation

1 Dec, 2010

Excessive Demand for Woodand Land is the Major Cause of Deforestation, a New Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals Cancun, Mexico, 1 December 2010 – Areport released by the Global Forest Coalition today at the UN Climate Talks in Cancun, Mexico reveals that measures to address deforestation, like REDD (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) are likely to fail because they do not address the underlying causes of forest loss, such as excessive global demand for wood, plantation agriculture, expanding …

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Forest Policy Fails to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Degradation

1 Dec, 2010

Press release Excessive Demand for Wood and Land is the Major Cause of Deforestation, a New Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals Cancun, Mexico, 1 December 2010 – A report released…

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Global Forest Coalition Press Conference

1 Dec, 2010

Español debajo MEDIA ADVISORY: November 30, 2010 PRESS CONFERENCE: Global Forest Coalition Report Reveals that Excessive Demand for Wood is the Major Cause of Deforestation What: Press conference by the…

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Climate Justice Now! Demands Social Justice at COP16

30 Nov, 2010

Source: Climate Justice Now! Espanol debajo CANCUN, MEXICO– Members of Climate Justice Now!, a global network of more than 140 movements and organizations committed to the fight for social, ecological…

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Cancún COP16: Climate Justice Experts Available for Interviews

30 Nov, 2010

Voices of Climate-impacted People and Communities Amplified at UN Climate Conference in Cancún Cancún, Mexico – Global Justice Ecology Project’s media team in Cancún at the UN Climate Convention is…

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Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures

30 Nov, 2010

Cross-posted by The Huffington Post By: Subhankar Banerjee. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) COP16 opens this week in Cancún, Mexico, to discuss green business (November 29…

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Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal

29 Nov, 2010

Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010 REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn Cancún, Mexico – Indigenous and environmental rights groups…

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Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal

26 Nov, 2010

Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010                                    Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn…

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Solidarity with the two climate spokespersons Stine Gry and Tannie Nyboe

24 Nov, 2010

On Thursday the 25. of November at 9.00 in Copenhagen City Court the verdict will be announced in the trial against the two spokespersons Stine Gry Jonassen and Tannie Nyboe…

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Forests Rescue Plan Riddled with Uncertainties

24 Nov, 2010

Cross-posted from IPS By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 23, 2010 (IPS) – Deforestation rates have slowed in Brazil and elsewhere in expectation of a windfall of green gold from…

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GFC in Cancun

23 Nov, 2010

In less than a week, the 16th United Nations Climate Conference will take place in Cancun, Mexico.  Many members of the Global Forest Coalition will take part, in side-events, workshops,…

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Earth Grab: The Rush to Make Agriculture Fuel the Global Economy

23 Nov, 2010

Ottawa, November 22, 2010. Whether we’re talking about global energy, climate change, food security or commodity trade – agriculture has quickly taken centre stage in the new global economy. It’s…

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Civil society concern over the Hague conference on agriculture and climate change

9 Nov, 2010

Civil Society Statement of Concern on the Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (October 31 – November 5):

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Biodiversity in suspense

9 Nov, 2010

By our executive director, Simone Lovera Halfway the second week, everybody is holding its breath here at the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties: Will the 10th Conference of the Parties…

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Cop10hagen and the Redd-Green Economy

9 Nov, 2010

So will Nagoya become the CBD’s Copenhagen? Are we heading for another COP-flop? article by Simone Lovera, in CBD Alliance Newsletter of 25 October 2010 This important question formed the…

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Organizations protest market-based conservation at CBD COP10

9 Nov, 2010

On Tuesday 19 October, the second day of the Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan, organizations, including the Global Forest Coalition, protested against market-based conservation. A short report from our Executive…

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EU bio-energy targets cause biodiversity loss

19 Oct, 2010

Nagoya, Japan, 18 October 2010 -Environmental and social justice groups warn that incentives for wood-based bio-energy will trigger dramatic biodiversity loss, as forests and grasslands are converted to monocultures.  The…

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