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Staking claim to our future: Women in Sustainable Development

14 Jun, 2012

(cross-posted) RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 13)- It is now the final countdown to Rio+20, the Conference on Sustainable Development, taking place next week in Rio de Janeiro. Over 20,000 people are expected to convene, with government delegates tasked to negotiate the sustainability, equity and viability – really, the possibility – of the future. It is an opportunity that cannot slip by, the importance of which cannot be overstated. WEDO, a proud part of the Women’s Major Group facilitated by Women …

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Informe del Grupo de Articulación Internacional de la Cumbre de los Pueblos por Justicia Social y Ambiental por la Unidad y la Movilización de los Pueblos en Defensa de La Vida y los Bienes Comunes, la Justicia Social y Ambiental, Contra la Mercantilización De La Naturaleza Y La “Economía Verde”

22 May, 2012

(tomado de http://cupuladospovos.org.br/es/2012/05/lo-que-esta-en-juego-en-rio20/) A un mes de la conferencia de Naciones Unidas Río+20, los pueblos del mundo no vemos resultados positivos del proceso de negociación que se está realizando en la…

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Media Release: International Environmental Organizations Condemn IKEA’s Logging of Old-growth Forests in Russia

16 May, 2012

The Swedish-owned international furniture retailer, IKEA, is logging old-growth forests and other high conservation value forests in Russian Karelia[1] through its subsidiary Swedwood. A petition has been launched by Swedish NGO…

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Going beyond Price and Seeking the Multiple Values of Biodiversity

9 May, 2012

Many still believe that huge financial “investments” are needed for the “conservation” of biological resources, as shown with the subsidies that international institutions like the World Bank provide for this…

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About Perversities and Other People’s Money

7 May, 2012

Written from SBSTTA-16 in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday, 2nd May, 2012 (originally published in ECO-the newsletter of the CBD Alliance) The discussion on incentive measures came and went with the…

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Los Agrocombustibles Agudizan el Cambio Climático y la Inequidad

12 Apr, 2012

Los agrocombustibles son una propuesta que toma fuerza como formula para enfrentar el cambio climático y garantizar la transición hacia un nuevo modelo energético, su implementación en los países en…

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First Impressions from the Preparatory Meetings for Rio+20

4 Apr, 2012

Returning from the UN headquarters in New York, after attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, informal- informal consultations from 17-23 March followed by the 3rd intersessional preparatory meetings…

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Confused Climate Solutions (CCS)

6 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – If ordinary people are struggling to understand what is going on in the COP17 Climate Change negotiations in Durban, they should not feel too bad as…

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The Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD)

4 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – This was the third such ARDD day – the first was during the Copenhagen COP, and some of us went along on the 3rd to keep…

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Workshop on Agriculture and Soils with African Peasant Communities: the Biochar ‘fiasco’ in Cameroon

3 Dec, 2011

Today – in the “People’s Space” at the University of Kwazulu, in conjunction with the UNFCCC COP17, a workshop on agriculture and soils took place. Peasant farmers, most of them…

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COP17 for Dummies

2 Dec, 2011

Durban, South Africa – Around 16,000 people have gathered this year at the Convention Center in Durban to discuss around the climate change problematic, or at least, that is what most…

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Forest Campaigners Denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale; Indigenous Communities Declare Safeguards Will Not Work

29 Nov, 2011

Durban, South Africa – At the inauguration of United Nations COP17, Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” [1] to assist delegates in distinguishing truth from…

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Reflections from the Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

10 Oct, 2011

By Simone Lovera on 13/Sep/2011 Until now the discussions have been pretty interesting here at the regional preparatory meeting for Rio+20 for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the…

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In Memoriam: Environmentalist Ricardo Carrere

18 Aug, 2011

The following is a message from the Chair of GFC, Fiu Mataese Elisara: “August 16th will be remembered as a sad day for forests and biodiversity in the world. Ricardo Carrere…

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Update from the climate talks: Spot the differences between IPCC and IPCC on renewables

10 Jun, 2011

A quick first impression from the ongoing climate talks in Bonn as far as bioenergy is concerned: It is too early to say a lot about REDD as they have…

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Media release: Earth Day – European environmentalists support Italian environmental group targeted by paper industry

25 Apr, 2011

More than 50 environmental organizations – European, international and Indonesian – sign statement in support of the NGO Terra!, targeted by the Italian paper company Cartiere Pigna.   (London/Rome, April…

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Fracturing solidarity: The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement in context

20 Apr, 2011

Note: The Indigenous Environmental Network’s Clayton Thomas-Muller is quoted in the article. Clayton is on the board of Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP is the North America Focal Point of…

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