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38th Issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

19 ago. 2011

We present the most recent version of the Global Forest Coalition’s Newsletter: Forest Cover no.38. The editorial of this issue of Forest Cover deals with the road to Rio+20 and the important role of civil society. The article “REDD and the Feeling of Standing Barefoot in a Peatswamp” reports on a number of REDD-related meetings in June and the current REDD-depression in the light of the low expectations for the upcoming Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention. It …

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In Memoriam: Environmentalist Ricardo Carrere

18 ago. 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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Media Release: Forest Policies from six countries shortlisted for Future Policy Award

8 jul. 2011

Forest Policies from six countries shortlisted for Future Policy Award – Top candidates found in Bhutan, The Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Switzerland and the USA (click on link above to see full…

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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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Global Forest Coalition to United Nations: Nature at Whose Service?

5 jun. 2011

On the eve of the next round of United Nations climate talks, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), a worldwide network of more than 50 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations, has…

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Fracturing solidarity: The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement in context

20 abr. 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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37th Issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

1 abr. 2011

Latest version of the Global Forest Coalition Newsletter. Since the term ‘Green Economy’ seems to become increasingly popular, this edition includes an editorial on the ugly shade of the green economy,…

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Response to the UNFCCC Call for Views for Forests in Exhaustion

1 abr. 2011

Joint declaration supported by 64 national and international NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations calling for excluding monoculture tree plantations from financial support to forest and climate change-related programs. It is…

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World’s Largest Wood Power Station Approved in the UK will Threaten Climate and Forests

31 mar. 2011

Plans were approved on 14 March 2011 to convert RWE npower’s Tilbury B power station from coal to burning imported wood pellets – over 7 million tonnes per year. Biofuelwatch…

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As UN Declares International Year of Forests, Groups Demand Solutions to Root Causes of Deforestation

2 feb. 2011

Insist Indigenous & Forest Peoples’ Rights Must Be at the Heart of Forest Protection. New York, At the launch of the High Level segment of the UN Forum on Forests…

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Environmental Groups Denounce False Forest Policies as UN Year of Forests Opens

24 ene. 2011

New York, 24 January 2011: At the opening of the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests today in New York, which marks the opening of the UN Year…

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38th Issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

In Memoriam: Environmentalist Ricardo Carrere

Media Release: Forest Policies from six countries shortlisted for Future Policy Award

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

Global Forest Coalition to United Nations: Nature at Whose Service?

Fracturing solidarity: The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement in context

37th Issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

Response to the UNFCCC Call for Views for Forests in Exhaustion

World’s Largest Wood Power Station Approved in the UK will Threaten Climate and Forests

As UN Declares International Year of Forests, Groups Demand Solutions to Root Causes of Deforestation

Environmental Groups Denounce False Forest Policies as UN Year of Forests Opens

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