By Souparna Lahiri* The last time I survived more than a week in a climate meeting was during the inter-sessional in Bangkok in the September of 2009. But, that was, in a way, very different from Bonn. Apart from usual negotiations, civil society meetings and workshops, there were protests, colourful…
5 June, Nairobi: On this World Environment Day 2016, the Global Forest Coalition [1] and the Indigenous Environment Network [2] presented an award to indigenous women’s groups and local schools…
By Coraina de la Plaza* The Forest Investment Program (FIP) became operational in 2009 and is one of the programmes under the World Bank-administered Climate Investment Fund (CIF). The FIP…
By Jeanette Sequeira and Mrinalini Rai The Fifteen Session of the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues[1] took place from 9 – 20th May at the United Nations Headquarters in New…
25 May 2016 – Nairobi, United Nations Environment Assembly 2 (UNEA-2) UNEP, together with report partners including Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) (1) and Global Forest Coalition…
May 22, 2016. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, and a day ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [2] reminded…
Mary Louise Malig* The Paris Agreement has been signed in New York with much fanfare, a lot of shaking hands and patting each other on the back, and claims that…
22 April, 2016: On the occasion of Earth Day, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] released a new briefing paper titled “Mainstreaming Biodiversity and the Resilience of Community Conservation”[2] ahead…
Souparna Lahiri* With barely ten days to go for the polls to the State Legislature, the forest villagers in the Himalayan foothills, Terai and Duars of the eastern Indian State…
