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Media Release: Forest Groups Welcome Global Biodiversity Conference Call to Review Biofuel Subsidies and Incentives
Hyderabad, India – The Global Forest Coalition [1] has welcomed the recommendation of the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Biodiversity Convention (CBD COP11) to review and where necessary…
The Food-fuel Conundrum – Have We Been Bio-fooled?
One of the central issues in the biofuel/agrofuel debate is the question of whether bio-based fuels made from food crops such as maize, sorghum, cassava or even oil palm and…
People’s Manifesto for Biodiversity, 16-10-12
People’s Biodiversity Festival, 13-16 October, 2012, Hyderabad 1. We are alarmed that the CBD that came into existence as a promising international treaty for the conservation, sustainable use and fair…
Women’s Intervention at the High Level Segment at CDB-COP11
Honorable Primer Minister, distinguished delegates, colleagues Speaking on behalf of the women’s caucus Twenty years ago, Principle 20 of the Rio Declaration highlighted that “women have a vital role in…
Canada, UK given ‘Dodo Awards’ by Civil Society – Governments Singled out on Geo-engineering, Biofuels and Financing
Hyderabad, India. October 17. The Dodo Bird is coming to Hyderabad, to give the Dodo Awards to those governments who have failed to evolve, and whose actions at the CBD…
“Walk the Talk,” Women from Various Global Regions Urged Parties at the 11th COP CBD
Women’ Caucus / Convention on Biological Diversity 11th COP, Hyderabad, India On October 15, World Rural Women’s Day, in a press conference at the sidelights of the 11th Conference of Parties…
Prime Minister’s Address at CBD COP11 Is a Classic Case of Doublespeak
Kalpavriksh – Hyderabad, 16.10.2012 The Indian Prime Minister’s address to the High Level Segment of CBD COP11 today, is a classic case of doublespeak. Listening to his assertions regarding India’s commitment…
Peoples Biodiversity Festival: the Commercialization of Biodiversity
By La Via Campesina Farmers movements, members of the global peasants movement la Via Campesina organized a talk on “the commercialization of biodiversity” at the Peoples Biodiversity Festival organized by…
STATEMENT FROM THE MAGHREBIAN SOCIAL FORUM’S STEERING COMMITTEE ABOUT THE NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2013, IN TUNISIA
Oujda, the 7th of October 2012 / 20 Dhou Al-Qi’da 1433 The WSF 2013 will take place in Tunis from the 26th to the 30th of March. This decision, taken…
Biofuels: Is the CBD asleep at the wheel?
Rachel Smolker, Energy Justice Network COP11’s draft decision on impacts of biofuels on biodiversity, as discussed on Thursday, is remarkably meek in its recommendations on the issue of biodiversity impacts…
Press Release: People’s Biodiversity Festival: ‘Unity for Diversity’
Oct 13 to 16, 11 am to 7.30 pm, Exhibition Grounds, Nampalli The People’s Biodiversity Festival, ‘Unity for Diversity’, is a collaborative endeavor of a large number of groups, including…
About Forests, Budgets and the CBD Underdog Mentality
COP11 might become the conference that declared the CBD more or less irrelevant for the estimated 80% of terrestrial biodiversity that is represented by forest ecosystems. Forests already received a…
GFC’s Biofuels Statement at COP11
Thank you chair, I am speaking on behalf of Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus, Timberwatch and other NGO members of the Global Forest Coalition. There is now significant scientific evidence of direct and…
Appeal to CBD Alliance for writing to the Prime Minister of India on violation of forest and community rights
To the friends from International NGOs, community groups and social movements at the CBD alliance. As you are by now aware that the Indian Parliament has enacted the Scheduled Tribes…
An Appeal on behalf of Civil Society regarding the proposed golf tournament of COP Delegates at the Hyderabad golf course
(cross-posted from ECO* no.3) Dear Delegates to CBD COP11, We welcome you to our city and look forward to a conference of sharing of information, knowledge and creating new channels…
GFC’s intervention during REDD+ discussion at CBD’s COP11
GFC: Thank you Madam chairperson for allowing me this opportunity to speak. We share concerns that REDD+ might not necessarily contribute to biodiversity and that the discussion should focus on…
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