Bosques y Cambio Climático

MENSAJE DE LA REGIÓN LATINOAMERICANA Y DEL CARIBE PRESENTE EN EL EVENTO DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL SOBRE LA AGENDA POST-2015 EN “Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda”

22 mar., 2013

BONN, ALEMANIA (20-22 de marzo de 2013) Nos preocupa el carácter ambivalente de los procesos globales liderados por las Naciones Unidas (Post-2015 y Post-Rio+20), y las grandes barreras existentes para una real participación plural, amplia e inclusiva que refleje a las propuestas y visiones de la sociedad civil. Pensamos que un nuevo paradigma del desarrollo sustentable exige transformación del patrón de acumulación y re-distribución de riqueza, así como actuar frente a la pobreza en sus diferentes dimensiones. Debemos medir y …

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MESSAGE FROM THE LATIN-AMERICAN AND THE CARRIBBEAN REGION PRESENT AT THE CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN REGARD TO THE POST -2015 AGENDA: “Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda”

22 mar., 2013

BONN, GERMANY (MARCH 20-23, 2013) We are concerned about the ambivalent character of the global processes led by United Nations (Post 2015 and Post Rio+20), as well as the huge…

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World Bank Must End Support for Honduran Palm Oil Company Implicated in Dozens of Murders

19 mar., 2013

Press release: Friends of the Earth International, Global Forest Coalition, Urgewald, Rights Action, Rettet den Regenwald/Rainforest Rescue, Global Justice Ecology Project, Biofuelwatch 19th March 2013 – International NGOs have condemned…

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Aceh Plans to Clear 1.2 million Hectares of Protected Forest Trigger Alarm over Increase in Landslides, Floods and other Natural Disasters

13 mar., 2013

[JAKARTA] An alarming admission from the chairman of the Aceh Government’s Spatial Planning Committee is fuelling serious concern over the potential illegal loss of 1.2 million hectares of Aceh’s protected…

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ACTION ALERT FROM NORTH BENGAL FORESTS

11 mar., 2013

In the dense semi-evergreen forests of Chilapata in North Bengal Dooars, the Adibasi residents of the forest villages of the area once again face police action because they have challenged the forest…

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NGO’s look to United Nations for Addressing Stora Enso’s Human Rights Violations in China

6 mar., 2013

Eleven International NGO´s file complaint to UN Human Rights Council about Stora Enso’s land acquisitions. UN Global Compact requires Stora Enso to respond to allegations by 11 April. Human rights violations in…

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It is time the EU scraps its carbon Emissions Trading System

19 feb., 2013

(cross-posted from CarbonTradeWatch) Brussels, 18 February 2013 A growing group of civil society organisations is calling on the EU to abolish its Emission Trading System (ETS) to open space for…

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Advocating to Scrap the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is Advocating for Climate Policy that Works

19 feb., 2013

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is in trouble – big time. That much most analysts, policy makers, politicians, carbon traders, industrial polluters and NGOs agree. When it comes to…

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42nd issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

14 feb., 2013

We present the 42nd version of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: Forest Cover no.42. In the editorial you can read about REDD+ developments and other fairy tales in Doha…

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El Capitalismo Verde y el BID

12 feb., 2013

 por Diego Rodríguez Panqueva (CENSAT-Agua Viva, GFC Latin American Focal Point) Recurrentes imágenes empresariales en alusión a lo ambiental y la preocupación por el futuro de la humanidad son el reflejo de…

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Open Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – India: Gram Sabha’s voice in forest clearance needs to be strengthened, not diluted

4 feb., 2013

Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India Government of India New Delhi Jan 24, 2013 Subject: Concerns on possible dilution of MOEF’s circular of July 2009 on compliance of Forest…

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Let us protect Kok-Jailau – one of the most popular spots in the Ile-Alatau National Park, Kazakhstan

24 ene., 2013

Ecological Society Green Salvation has started collecting signatures under a petition for protection of Kok-Jailau. Kok-Jailau valley is located on the territory of Ile-Alatau National Park. Akimat (Mayor’s Office) of…

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New report by Swedish Society for Nature Conservation: Credibility at Stake – How FSC Sweden Fails to Safeguard Forest Biodiversity

17 ene., 2013

Foreword: Sweden’s environmental policy is based on sixteen environmental quality objectives adopted by the Swedish Parliament in 1999. The objectives and its precisions are very ambitious in regards to the…

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration requires Massive Quantities of Biomass

10 ene., 2013

Biofuelwatch has completed a new report on yet another technology that requires massive quantities of biomass, “BECCS”, or “Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration. The idea behind BECCS is that…

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CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO COILLTE PUBLIC FOREST ASSET STRIPPING

18 dic., 2012

(Cross-posted) – WOODLAND LEAGUE PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 18 2012. It is almost ironic that as we put up our Christmas trees , Coillte the State forestry board tasked with managing…

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UK Alleges it will Address Drivers of Climate Change – but Aims to Subsidise a Massive Expansion of Wood-based Biomass Industry

6 dic., 2012

Doha, Qatar – As negotiations failed to finalise an agreement on a controversial forest policy called REDD+ [1] during the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change talks in Doha,…

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Women and gender NGOs at COP 18 to hold “not in my name action” demand “fierce urgency and ambition now”

5 dic., 2012

4 December 2012 For Immediate Release Doha, Qatar:  Women and Gender NGOs at COP 18 representing hundreds of women’s organizations and women environmental leaders around the world are calling on…

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