Carne y lácteos, industrias que más dañan a los bosques
Así lo revela el nuevo reporte presentado este lunes por la Coalición Mundial por los Bosques en el marco de la COP13 Read the original article here
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Industria De La Carne Y Los Lácteos Destruye Bosques Y Biodiversidad
La producción industrial de carne y lácteos es uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la pérdida de bosques y al cambio climático con un 14,5% de las emisiones mundiales de…
196 países, entre ellos México, fracasaron en sus metas de biodiversidad, acusan ONGs
El Informe Planeta Vivo, elaborado por la organización WWF, proyecta que para el año 2020, año en que se vencen las Metas de Aichi, las poblaciones de animales silvestres podrían…
Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists
2 Dec: Ministers at the COP13 of the CBD in Cancun Mexico, are failing to recognize the key role of women in biodiversity conservation in the proposed Cancun declaration [1],…
Mujeres ignoradas en la Cumbre de Biodiversidad, denuncian activistas
Ministros en la COP13 del CBD en Cancún no logran reconocer el rol tan importante de las mujeres en la conservación de la biodiversidad… Read the original article here
Our land is worth more than carbon
The Paris Agreement required the 196 Parties to the UN Climate Convention to limit temperature increases to 2° or 1.5°C below preindustrial levels. While COP21 benefitted from a high degree…
Activists Protest Against Forest Carbon Offsets for Aviation at Climate Summit
MEDIA ADVISORY Protest Action and Photo opportunity – Marrakech climate summit action 9 November, Wednesday , 16:45 pm, Restaurant Zone A protest action by climate justice activists, women’s groups, and…
On Stakeholders, Rightsholder and Conflicts of Interests in Agenda2030
By Simone Lovera* Agenda2030 uses the term civil society and other stakeholders but there is no clear definition of either civil society, or stakeholders. Sometimes, the private sector is included…
UN Recognizes Meat Production’s Impact on Deforestation and Land Grabbing
21 Oct 2016 : The United Nations Committee on Food Security (CFS) (1), adopted a set of recommendations at its annual meeting in Rome this week that emphasize the need to…
CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for
By Miguel Lovera* Last week, the Colombia National Workshop on CCRI took place in two municipalities: Purísima and Lorica in the Department of Cordoba. It was attended by some 50…
Post-Paris Plantations Will Devastate the Environment, Warn Activists on International Day Against Monoculture Plantations
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…
Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
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…
Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)
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…
Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network engagement meeting with government
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…
Women warn UN High Level Political Forum could become futile if it does not address systemic obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals
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…
The Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network meets with WWFSA and WESSA
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…
Protected Areas as a Threat to the Sustainable Development Goals
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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