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JORNADAS DE REFLEXIÓN CUENCA RÍO MAGDALENA, COLOMBIA

29 abr., 2013

PANEL NACIONAL ITINERANTE SOBRE POLÍTICA MINERO ENERGÉTICA Sesiones sobre CUENCA RÍO MAGDALENA, INVERSIÓN EXTRANJERA Y ECONOMÍA GLOBAL La política minera y energética que han impulsado los últimos gobiernos en Colombia se ha caracterizado por agudizar la extracción de bienes naturales como estrategia para insertarse en la economía global; sin embargo, es menester reflexionar en torno a qué otras potencialidades presenta Colombia, teniendo como principio el respeto a las culturas y cosmovisiones que constituyen nuestro territorio. En este sentido, es necesario ahondar …

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International Indigenous Peoples Workshop on Aid and Development Effectiveness

29 abr., 2013

Baguio City, Philippines       April 22, 2013 Today, on the 22nd day of April 2013, 36 delegates from indigenous peoples and communities worldwide and advocates gathered in Baguio City for…

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Major Groups: NGO, Women, Farmer’s, Workers and Trade Unions, and IPs, Youth and Children, (science and technology) at the Asia-Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting on Rio+20

25 abr., 2013

The following statement was made on behalf of the following major groups: NGO, Women, Farmer’s, Workers and Trade Unions, and IPs, Youth and Children on April 23rd, 2013. We thank…

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Groups Globally Oppose Plans to Burn Wood for Electricity Citing Impacts on Forests, Climate, Communities

24 abr., 2013

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…

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Women’s Major Group Intervention at the 2nd Meeting of the Open Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals

19 abr., 2013

New York, April 18th, 2013 Presented by Mette Kirstine Schmidt of Sexogsamfund Denmark Thank you, I speak on behalf of the women’s major group, with over 400 organisations and thousands…

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REDD Fiddlers on a Burning Roof

18 abr., 2013

Before we report on the national workshop on REDD Safeguards Information Systems and Conflict Resolution mechanisms, which took place from 8 to 12 April in Paraguay, let us talk briefly…

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United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF10)

17 abr., 2013

United Nations Forum on Forests Forestry (UNFFF?) From April 8 to 19th, the 10th UN Forum on Forests is held in Istanbul, Turkey. The main focus for this forum is forest…

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INTERNATIONAL SIGNON: OPPOSE DRAX COAL TO BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANS

15 abr., 2013

Converting coal plants to burn biomass only replaces one disaster with another DRAX, (and some other large coal burning utilities in the UK and elsewhere), seek to convert half of…

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New Report Highlights Indigenous Territories and Community Rights as Alternatives to Forest Carbon Markets

11 abr., 2013

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…

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REDD+ Offsets Don’t Add Up

4 abr., 2013

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…

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Union des africains contre la nouvelle forme de colonialisme: Né le nouveau réseau contre REDD

4 abr., 2013

29 mars 2013 Indignées par les accaparements de terres rampantes et le néocolonialisme de REDD (Réduction des émissions dues la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts), les Africains lors…

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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…

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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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