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Post-Paris Plantations Will Devastate the Environment, Warn Activists on International Day Against Monoculture Plantations

21 Sep, 2016

Latest plans by the EU and many other countries to include establishment of monoculture tree plantations in their climate action plans to implement the Paris Agreement will lead to dramatic impacts on biodiversity, rural communities and the effectiveness of the Paris Agreement itself, warns the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) (1) on the occassion of the International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations (2). In recent proposals, the European Commission has allowed EU countries to use carbon credits generated by afforestation projects …

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Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

20 Sep, 2016

By Holly Jonas* The world’s oldest largest and most diverse environmental network – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – held its 6th World Conservation Congress from 1-10…

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Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

18 Aug, 2016

by Isis Alvarez* Although the second session of the UNEA-2 ended on 28 May 2016 at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, key concerns emerging from it are still present in…

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Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network engagement meeting with government

27 Jul, 2016

by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* On the 23rd of July MEYN held an engagement with government stakeholders. This meeting is the second one in a row to establish…

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Women warn UN High Level Political Forum could become futile if it does not address systemic obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals

21 Jul, 2016

21 July, New York: The Women’s Major Group [1], gathered at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) [2] that closed today, warning about it failing to address key…

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The Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network meets with WWFSA and WESSA

11 Jul, 2016

by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* Spirits were high as the meeting of MEYN was adjourned at the Lowveld Botanical Gardens Education Centre on Saturday, 9 July 2016. The…

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Protected Areas as a Threat to the Sustainable Development Goals

29 Jun, 2016

By Simone Lovera* When we were preparing the capacity building workshop for the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal, which took place on 24 and 25 June in Kathmandu, we…

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Surviving Ten Days in Bonn

10 Jun, 2016

By Souparna Lahiri* The last time I survived more than a week in a climate meeting was during the inter-sessional in Bangkok in the September of 2009. But, that was,…

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Grassroots Communities’ conservation practices in Kenya receive award on World Environment Day

5 Jun, 2016

5 June, Nairobi: On this World Environment Day 2016, the Global Forest Coalition [1] and the Indigenous Environment Network [2] presented an award to indigenous women’s groups and local schools…

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Tajikistan organized the first CCRI national workshop among GFC groups in 2016

31 May, 2016

By Andrey Laletin* The Tajikistan national workshop on the strategy of capacity-development towards adapting local communities’ livelihoods in sustainable mountain forest ecosystems of Tajikistan (CCRI workshop) took place in the…

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The Forest Investment Program: Recent Developments, Funding Constraints and Monoculture Tree Plantations

26 May, 2016

By Coraina de la Plaza* The Forest Investment Program (FIP) became operational in 2009 and is one of the programmes under the World Bank-administered Climate Investment Fund (CIF). The FIP…

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Deliberating Conflict, Peace and Resolution at the 15th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

26 May, 2016

By Jeanette Sequeira and Mrinalini Rai The Fifteen Session of the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues[1] took place from 9 – 20th May at the United Nations Headquarters in New…

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Milestone gender and environment report from UNEP shows gender should be at heart of sustainable development

26 May, 2016

25 May 2016 – Nairobi, United Nations Environment Assembly 2 (UNEA-2) UNEP, together with report partners including Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) (1) and Global Forest Coalition…

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UN institutions must comply with target to halt deforestation by 2020, say forest groups on International Day for Biological Diversity

22 May, 2016

May 22, 2016. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, and a day ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [2] reminded…

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In the aftermath of the Paris Agreement, nature and humanity lose

17 May, 2016

Mary Louise Malig* The Paris Agreement has been signed in New York with much fanfare, a lot of shaking hands and patting each other on the back, and claims that…

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Delving into Community Conservation and ICCAs at SBSTTA-20

10 May, 2016

Jeanette Sequeira* Last week Global Forest Coalition (GFC), together with partners, organised an inspiring side event at the SBSTTA-20 meeting in Montreal entitled ‘Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Recommendations for…

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Indigenous peoples and communities are key to mainstreaming biodiversity, highlights new report on Earth Day

22 Apr, 2016

22 April, 2016: On the occasion of Earth Day, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] released a new briefing paper titled “Mainstreaming Biodiversity and the Resilience of Community Conservation”[2] ahead…

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