Civil society concern over the Hague conference on agriculture and climate change
9 nov. 2010
Civil Society Statement of Concern on the Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (October 31 – November 5):
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Biodiversity in suspense
9 nov. 2010
By our executive director, Simone Lovera Halfway the second week, everybody is holding its breath here at the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties: Will the 10th Conference of the Parties…
Cop10hagen and the Redd-Green Economy
9 nov. 2010
So will Nagoya become the CBD’s Copenhagen? Are we heading for another COP-flop? article by Simone Lovera, in CBD Alliance Newsletter of 25 October 2010 This important question formed the…
Organizations protest market-based conservation at CBD COP10
9 nov. 2010
On Tuesday 19 October, the second day of the Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan, organizations, including the Global Forest Coalition, protested against market-based conservation. A short report from our Executive…
EU bio-energy targets cause biodiversity loss
19 oct. 2010
Nagoya, Japan, 18 October 2010 -Environmental and social justice groups warn that incentives for wood-based bio-energy will trigger dramatic biodiversity loss, as forests and grasslands are converted to monocultures. The…
Tianjin letter to governments
12 oct. 2010
The fourteenth session of the AWG-KP and the twelfth session of the AWG-LCA are taking place this week in Tianjin, China. During the last Climate Talks in Bonn in August…
21 September – International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations
4 oct. 2010
September 21 is International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations. On this day, environmental and social groups around the world call attention to the harmful effects of tree monocultures on biodiversity…
Shell bankrolls REDD
4 oct. 2010
Indigenous Environmental Network and Friends of the Earth Nigeria Denounce Shell REDD Project September 7, 2010 – Oil giant Shell, infamous for the genocide of the Ogoni People and environmental…
Thousand solutions to climate change!
13 sept. 2010
The people create thousands of solutions to confront climate change! Thousands of Cancuns for climate justice! La Via Campesina calls on social movements and all people to mobilize around the…
Nature Communications article shows ‘true colours’ of biochar advocates
13 sept. 2010
Groups condemn implied land-grab for biochar
EU Green Paper on forests and climate change: missed opportunity
13 sept. 2010
In March 2010, the European Commission launched an EU-wide consultation to find out whether the EU should increase its efforts to protect forests under a changing climate.
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