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Peoples Biodiversity Festival: the Commercialization of Biodiversity

16 Oct, 2012

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 various peoples organizations in Hyderabad in the backdrop of the ongoing CBD negotiations. The participants were members of the karnatas farmers movement- KRRS as well as mr Pablo Solon, executive director of advocacy NGO focus on the global south, Isis Alvarez from Colombia representing Global Forest Coalition. Mr KC KC …

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Biofuels: Is the CBD asleep at the wheel?

15 Oct, 2012

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…

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GFC’s Biofuels Statement at COP11

12 Oct, 2012

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…

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