Warsaw, Poland –A new report released by the Global Forest Coalition [1] today at the 19th UN Climate Conference concludes that projects and policies related to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks) fail to address the underlying causes of forest loss and might contribute to further deforestation instead.
Montreal, Canada– Today, at a meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity[1], Global Forest Coalition[2] and Biofuelwatch[3] will launch a new report highlighting the impacts of expanding use of wood for generating…
Press release by Rights Action, Rainforest Rescue, Biofuelwatch* and Food First 6th August 2013 – International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to…
Bonn/Bogota, 12 June 2013 A new report [1] by the Global Forest Coalition [2] was launched at a side event on equity in climate mitigation policies organized by GenderCC at…
Bonn, Asuncion, 3 June 2013 As another round of climate talks [1] opens today in Bonn, Germany, a coalition of human rights and forest groups have launched a manual for…
New York/Asuncion, 22 May 2013 On the occasion of International Day for Biodiversity and the start of UN talks on a possible sustainable development goal (SDG) on agriculture [1], a…
Upcoming Protests Disrupt Tree Biotech Conference Plans Asheville, NC – By a majority of almost 99.99% to .01%, the US public overwhelming rejected steps toward the legalization of genetically…
For Immediate Release 24 April 2013 London, England – In conjunction with an action in London today outside of the Drax power plant, organizations and networks from around the world…
Istanbul–The current logjam in the negotiations at the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests regarding forest carbon offset markets and other funding mechanisms for forest conservation does not…
cross-posted from foodandwaterwatch.org – New Food & Water Europe Report Shows Why Use of International Forest Offsets Won’t Reduce Carbon Emissions Brussels — Developments in the United States may lead to…
Press Release African Center for Biosafety – 3 April 2013 Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection…
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…
(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…
Press statement by GenderCC–Women for Climate Justice – Doha, December 8th, 2012 The UNFCCC talks again failed to deliver an adequate response on the climate challenge. However, often unnoticed by the…
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…
Hyderabad, India – The Global Forest Coalition [1] has welcomed the recommendation of the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Biodiversity Convention (CBD COP11) to review and where necessary…
Hyderabad, India. October 17. The Dodo Bird is coming to Hyderabad, to give the Dodo Awards to those governments who have failed to evolve, and whose actions at the CBD…
