Press releases

Groups Globally Oppose Plans to Burn Wood for Electricity Citing Impacts on Forests, Climate, Communities

24 Apr, 2013

For Immediate Release   24 April 2013 London, England – In conjunction with an action in London today outside of the Drax power plant, organizations and networks from around the world released an Open Letter expressing opposition to plans by UK utility Drax to burn nearly 16 million tonnes of mostly imported wood biomass, in a coal power station [1]. Drax is one of several European companies converting older power stations from burning coal to burning wood pellets or co-firing pellets …

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New Report Highlights Indigenous Territories and Community Rights as Alternatives to Forest Carbon Markets

11 Apr, 2013

Istanbul–The current logjam in the negotiations at the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests regarding forest carbon offset markets and other funding mechanisms for forest conservation does not…

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REDD+ Offsets Don’t Add Up

4 Apr, 2013

cross-posted from foodandwaterwatch.org – New Food & Water Europe Report Shows Why Use of International Forest Offsets Won’t Reduce Carbon Emissions Brussels — Developments in the United States may lead to…

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NEW SEED LEGISLATION SPELLS DISASTER FOR SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA

3 Apr, 2013

Press Release African Center for Biosafety – 3 April 2013 Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection…

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World Bank Must End Support for Honduran Palm Oil Company Implicated in Dozens of Murders

19 Mar, 2013

Press release: Friends of the Earth International, Global Forest Coalition, Urgewald, Rights Action, Rettet den Regenwald/Rainforest Rescue, Global Justice Ecology Project, Biofuelwatch 19th March 2013 – International NGOs have condemned…

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CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO COILLTE PUBLIC FOREST ASSET STRIPPING

18 Dec, 2012

(Cross-posted) – WOODLAND LEAGUE PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 18 2012. It is almost ironic that as we put up our Christmas trees , Coillte the State forestry board tasked with managing…

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Ironically Gender in the Fossil Patriarchy

13 Dec, 2012

Press statement by GenderCC–Women for Climate Justice – Doha, December 8th, 2012 The UNFCCC talks again failed to deliver an adequate response on the climate challenge. However, often unnoticed by the…

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Women and gender NGOs at COP 18 to hold “not in my name action” demand “fierce urgency and ambition now”

5 Dec, 2012

4 December 2012 For Immediate Release Doha, Qatar:  Women and Gender NGOs at COP 18 representing hundreds of women’s organizations and women environmental leaders around the world are calling on…

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Media Release: Forest Groups Welcome Global Biodiversity Conference Call to Review Biofuel Subsidies and Incentives

19 Oct, 2012

Hyderabad, India – The Global Forest Coalition [1] has welcomed the recommendation of the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Biodiversity Convention (CBD COP11) to review and where necessary…

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Canada, UK given ‘Dodo Awards’ by Civil Society – Governments Singled out on Geo-engineering, Biofuels and Financing

17 Oct, 2012

Hyderabad, India.  October 17.   The Dodo Bird is coming to Hyderabad, to give the Dodo Awards to those governments who have failed to evolve, and whose actions at the CBD…

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“Walk the Talk,” Women from Various Global Regions Urged Parties at the 11th COP CBD

17 Oct, 2012

Women’ Caucus /  Convention on Biological Diversity 11th COP, Hyderabad, India On October 15, World Rural Women’s Day, in a press conference at the sidelights of the 11th  Conference of Parties…

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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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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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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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The government has taken sides in the struggle to save the Ojnare forest (Sweden)

13 Aug, 2012

(cross-posted) Press release from Protect the Forest 2012-08- 13 The organization Protect the Forest criticizes the government for their implicit support for the destruction of the Ojnare forest, on the…

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Press Release: GMO Trees and the Green Economy: Green Deserts for All?

19 Jun, 2012

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–While the highly controversial “Sustainable Energy for All” initiative [1] is underway today at Energy Day at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the international STOP GE…

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Media Release: International Environmental Organizations Condemn IKEA’s Logging of Old-growth Forests in Russia

16 May, 2012

The Swedish-owned international furniture retailer, IKEA, is logging old-growth forests and other high conservation value forests in Russian Karelia[1] through its subsidiary Swedwood. A petition has been launched by Swedish NGO…

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