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A volunteer’s introduction to the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative

7 Oct, 2015

By: Jan Carl Matysiak* After my environmental science studies I decided it would be good to experience the real world, beyond the seminars in university. So I applied for a programme run by the German government called Weltwärts that gives me the opportunity to work for one year at a South African organisation called GeaSphere. Now you might ask yourself: That sounds nice but how does this connect to the Global Forest Coalition? I may answer that this is the …

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The coming tragedy of Paris: A disastrous climate deal that will see the planet burn

5 Oct, 2015

By: Mary Louise Malig* Like reading the ancient Greek tragedy of Homer, we are at the pages of the Iliad where we can see what hell ahead shall befall Troy.…

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Improving Cooperation at the Regional Level

5 Oct, 2015

By Andrey Laletin* Russian speaking participants used Durban meetings to improve regional cooperation between GFC members in Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia. Representatives from all member groups from the…

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PRESS RELEASE: Historic Deforestation Target in UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Requires Real Transformation

25 Sep, 2015

25 September 2015: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] congratulated the UN on the target to halt deforestation by 2020 [2] in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted…

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We are the Real Forest Heroes Message to the XIV World Forestry Congress from the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

23 Sep, 2015

By Souparna Lahiri* During the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)’s Fostering Community Conservation Conference in Durban, South Africa (31 August-4 September, 2015), just days before the World Forestry Congress (WFC) (7-11 September,…

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CCRI’s power to bring forest and biodiversity friends together

21 Sep, 2015

By Kureeba David* The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) has hatched an initiative called the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI), whose main objective is to empower indigenous and local communities to…

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International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood

17 Sep, 2015

Press release: Tuesday 8th September, 2015 International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood, warning of their disastrous impacts on…

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A congress in which the trees vanquish the forest

17 Sep, 2015

By Miguel Lovera* Earlier this year, I was invited to give a keynote speech at the World Forestry Congress (WFC), an event organised by the FAO every six years. The…

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FAO’s new optimistic assessment on reduced deforestation is totally misplaced say forest activists

9 Sep, 2015

7 September, Durban: The Global Forest Coalition[1], a coalition of Indigenous Peoples and environmental activist movements from 50 different countries has denounced FAO’s optimistic assessment that deforestation has been halved…

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South Africa: Community Takes Conservation into Their Hands in Spirit of Ubuntu

3 Sep, 2015

By: Ashlesha Khadse* At least 20 representatives from 3 communities of Boelang, Moloro, Maotole in the Mariepskop region as well as local NGOs like HEAL, AWARD and GEASPHERE gathered near…

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Support Communities to Conserve Real Forests, Stop Industry’s Fake Forests

3 Sep, 2015

PRESS RELEASE 2 September, Durban: In a press conference today, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] highlighted the need for governments to provide policy support for indigenous communities to conserve forests…

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Community Conservation Conference Brings Real Forest Heroes Together

31 Aug, 2015

PRESS RELEASE 31 Aug, Durban: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) has brought together more than 100 indigenous peoples and forest community members from over 40 countries around the world to…

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Building autonomous and sustainable territories: spaces for international dialogue and local advocacy for the promotion of responsible governance

23 Jul, 2015

By Isis Alvarez*, Global Forest Coalition On April 8-9, 2015, the local Government of the Azuay Province (Ecuador) carried out a workshop-seminar on autonomous and sustainable territories at the Cuenca…

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UN Postpones Action to Halt Deforestation by 10 Years under Pressure from Industry

10 Jul, 2015

[New York] The Global Forest Coalition [1] reacted furiously to the final draft of the Sustainable Development Goals released this week. Despite the fact that most Sustainable Development Goals were…

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Forests, Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development – No Connection according to UN logic

10 Jul, 2015

By Simone Lovera and Mrinalina Rai One would think that if two conferences take place in the very same building at the very same time, there would be some connection…

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The Devastating Plantation Plans of the World Bank Forest Investment Program

26 May, 2015

By Simone Lovera Sometimes you expect the worst, and you are not disappointed. When the World Bank Forest Investment Program (FIP) was established 6 years ago, we were skeptic to…

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Maputo Declaration of African Civil Society on Climate Justice

20 May, 2015

GFC has signed on to the Maputo Declaration of African Civil Society on Climate Justice. Read full declaration here. Climate justice advocates, community peoples and mass movements’ representatives met in…

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