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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 event was conceived for the purpose of introducing the network to one or two influential Civil Society environmental groups. MEYN, which consists of various Youth organisations, NPO’s and other environmental organisations, were able to engage with stalwart environmental NGO’s, the WWF and WESSA. The day started with a reflection on …

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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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Using Electoral Rights to Negotiate Community Forest Rights

14 Apr, 2016

Souparna Lahiri* With barely ten days to go for the polls to the State Legislature, the forest villagers in the Himalayan foothills, Terai and Duars of the eastern Indian State…

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The Green Climate Fund 12th Meeting of the Board: Main Outcomes and Controversies

13 Apr, 2016

By Coraina de la Plaza, Global Forest Coalition Last March, from the 8th to the 10th, the 12th meeting of Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board took place in its headquarters,…

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IMVELO-YETHU MEYN workshop and excursion

25 Mar, 2016

On the 12th and 13th of March, 2016, the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN) met for a one day workshop on the Saturday, followed by an excursion on the Sunday.…

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European Commission signs strategic agreement with women’s groups to implement Sustainable Development Goals

18 Mar, 2016

18 March: The European Commission’s International Cooperation arm (DEVCO)[1] has launched a 5-year partnership agreement with a coalition of 5 global and regional women’s networks to implement the Sustainable Development…

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Update from Brussels: debates on land use and bioenergy run high

18 Mar, 2016

by Simon Fischer* In the end of last year, the world looked with promising eyes to Paris after the adoption of a presumably historic climate agreement had been announced. The…

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