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In tree plantations in Paraguay, public money is driving private profit: What is Germany’s role?

9 Dec, 2021

Forestry and land-use are a hot topic in the current climate debate, and play an important role in German climate finance. This article, originally published on germanclimatefinance.de, looks at tree plantations that have received support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) that Germany is supporting and the impacts that they are having on peasant communities.  When researchers from a Paraguayan NGO called Heñoi went to find out what life was like around the industrial tree plantations that have been cropping …

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Remembering Neimatullo Safarov

28 Aug, 2021

The Global Forest Coalition wishes to express our deep sadness over the death of our colleague Neimatullo Safarov, from our member group Noosfera in Tajikistan. Neimatullo was one of the…

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Remembering Nimal Hewanila

18 Aug, 2021

It is with great sadness that the Global Forest Coalition has learned about the sudden death of our dear friend and colleague Nimal Hewanila, founder of the Nirmanie Development Foundation,…

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