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NEW SEED LEGISLATION SPELLS DISASTER FOR SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA

3 abr., 2013

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 of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling disaster for small farmers and food security in the region. These groups, representing millions of farmers in Africa and around the world have submitted their concerns to the SADC Secretariat. They are calling for the rejection of the Protocol and …

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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…

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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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Access Denied: a View of the CSW from the Outside

8 mar., 2013

The 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – boasting the largest participation of any event at UN Headquarters This week, thousands of women, plus a…

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Women at CSW57 Confronting Unsustainable Development

8 mar., 2013

8 March International Women’s Day Feminists Confronting Unsustainable Development’ during the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, CSW57, talk about the experiences of women and…

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IPBES: An Unbearable Burden

20 feb., 2013

By S.Faizi (cross-posted from Countercurrents.org) Surplus income of some countries and under-employed experts when combined together can create global havocs. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)…

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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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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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Demolishing democracy: An Oppressive State violates its own rules – India

4 feb., 2013

Police enters our village, beat women and children, arrested villagers and cuts trees Dear Friends, In the wee hours today (at around 4 am) the police has entered into our…

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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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Declaración de redes participantes en la Cumbre de los Pueblos de Santiago de Chile

28 ene., 2013

27 de enero de 2013 Organizaciones sociales y populares de América y Europa, reunidas en el marco de la Cumbre de los Pueblos, a raíz de la Cumbre CELAC-Unión Europea…

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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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