Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024 “As long as governments are in cahoots with corporations to destroy nature, there cannot be ‘Peace with Nature.’” Souparna Lahiri of the Global Forest Coalition offered this succinct assessment of the host country Colombia’s slogan for the 16th UN biodiversity conference, “Peace with Nature.” In…
To halt global biodiversity loss in an equitable and gender-responsive manner, countries must stop subsidizing export-oriented economic sectors. By Souparna Lahiri and Valentina Figuera Martínez Common Dreams, 24 October 2024…
Published in Truthout Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists? Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of the global movement for land and territorial…
Tourism’s Impact on Communities: Integrating Biocultural Protocols in Tourism and Biodiversity Policies An advocacy strategy for the Maasai Indigenous Community in East Africa DOWNLOAD NOW: Tourism’s Impact on Communities…
23 October 2024 — Members and leaders from the Global Forest Coalition held a press conference today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) highlighting the need for countries to focus…
The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets & the Myth of ‘No Net Loss’ In a pivotal new analysis from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), launched in the run-up to…
A Joint Call to Action for Rejecting Market-Based Approaches and Advancing a Gender Just and Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Protection at CBD COP 16
On the 21st of October 2024 environmental and civil society groups from around the world will take a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy. The international day…
Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed…
