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Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+: Creating an International Forest Regime

7 Feb, 2019

Agents, Assumptions and Motivations Behind REDD+: Creating an International Forest Regime Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, Global Forest Coalition, Asunción, Paraguay It was hoped that by paying forest dependent peoples and countries for their “service” of conserving their forests, REDD+ would lead to a reduction in deforestation greenhouse gases. The complexities have, however, left some ambiguities. It was never agreed who would pay for the program, and it has been criticized as ignoring the root causes of forest loss. Considering the motivations of …

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Implications of Katowice: Where human rights were ignored while big business captured the negotiations

29 Jan, 2019

By: Souparna Lahiri* The Paris Rulebook (renamed the ‘Katowice Rulebook’ by many), the outcome of 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP24),…

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“Gender is not Plan B!” Advancing gender-responsive measures in the CBD’s Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework

12 Jan, 2019

by Mrinalini Rai, Global Forest Coalition Negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are now at a crucial juncture. Governments, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, youth and…

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Agribusiness Invasion Threatens Indigenous of Paraguay’s Chaco Region

23 Dec, 2018

The Paraguayan Chaco region has been home to various groups of Indigenous peoples for millennia. But over the past few years, the land has been invaded by agribusinesses for the…

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Peoples’ voices and urgent solutions dismissed at COP24 in Katowice

19 Dec, 2018

Press Release from the Women and Gender Constituency on the outcomes of COP24 17 December, 2018, Katowice, Poland After two weeks of intense negotiations, women and gender groups represented in…

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A gloomy future for climate finance at COP24

11 Dec, 2018

By Coraina de la Plaza, Global Forest Coalition Climate finance has again been one of the most sticky issues in international climate change negotiations this year. Since the signing of…

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The Poland Climate Conference Is Awash in Corporate Meddling

11 Dec, 2018

What are big-business interests doing at the Katowice United Nations conference? Read the original article here.

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Youth Activists Submit Their Demands at COP24: ‘We’re Fighting. Where Are You?’

5 Dec, 2018

While climate negotiators meet behind closed doors to implement the Paris Agreement, climate activists have put out their own set of demands. Read the original article here.

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Global Climate Coalition Issues COP24 Demands, Calls for an End to Corporate Capture

4 Dec, 2018

KATOWICE – Today, people issued a unified, global call to governments: Listen to people, not polluters at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 24th Conference of the Parties…

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Beef, soybeans’ production destroying biodiversity

28 Nov, 2018

(MENAFN – Daily News Egypt) Following a discussion held last week at the ongoing 14th Conference of Parties (COP14), under the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Egypt, the outcome highlighted…

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CBD COP14: Deforestation, monocultures and Strategic Plans – The farce continues

23 Nov, 2018

by Souparna Lahiri, All India Forum of Forest Movements & Global Forest Coalition COP14 will review the progress in the implementation of the strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020 evaluating how…

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CBD COP14: Who benefits from gene drives as a modern biotechnology?

21 Nov, 2018

by Kwami D. Kpondzo, Campaigns Officer at Les Amis de la Terre Togo and Africa Regional Focal Point for the Global Forest Coalition The world is suffering because biodiversity is…

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NGOs Call for Disinvestments in Biodiversity Destruction

21 Nov, 2018

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 21 2018 (IPS) – A discussion held earlier this week at the ongoing Convention of Biodiversity’s (CBD) Conference of Parties in Egypt highlighted that grants…

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‘Greenwash’: oil giant under fire over plan to protect tropical forests

20 Nov, 2018

Campaigners say move by Norway’s Equinor is an excuse to keep drilling for fossil fuels. Read the original article here.

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Ending subsidies for meat and soy sector is key to halting deforestation, shows new paper

18 Nov, 2018

18 Nov, Sharm El Sheikh: Incentives to produce and export meat and animal feedstocks like soy in major producer countries like Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina are a leading cause of…

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The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses

7 Nov, 2018

Over 115 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform” (November 7, 2018) — An international coalition of more than 120 organisations from 40 countries…

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Over 120 groups from around the world declare large scale forest biomass energy a dangerous ‘delusion’

24 Oct, 2018

Organisations from over 30 countries release statement calling for an end to monetary and policy support for biomass (24 October 2018) – A loud chorus of civil society organisations representing…

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