Biodiversity Offsets: A Flawed Conservation Solution – New Analysis Debunks “No Net Loss” and Calls for Urgent Action

10 Oct 2024

Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed strategy, governments and financial institutions must prioritize community-led biodiversity protection and uphold the rights of Indigenous People and local communities,…

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Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Warn Against Biodiversity Offsets and Credits

2 Oct 2024

Over 270 civil society organizations and academics from around the world have voiced strong opposition to the use of biodiversity offsets and credits, warning that such mechanisms will fail to…

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Advancing Gender Equity in Biodiversity: Insights from the GLA Gender Hub

24 Sep 2024

In June 2024, the Green Livelihood Alliance’s (GLA) Gender Hub hosted another Inclusive Forest Community of Practice (InFoCP) session, focusing on preparations for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16…

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Quito Declaration: Tackling Industrial Animal Production

10 Sep 2024

We present this declaration, arising from the “Meeting of Possible Horizons in the Face of Extractivism of Industrial Animal Production,” held in Ecuador, August 21-23, 2024. In response, the organisations…

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A River’s Rights: Indigenous Kukama Women Lead the Way with Landmark Legal Victory

4 Sep 2024

Here’s one of the most powerful pieces of good news you probably missed this year: a group of Indigenous women in Peru succeeded in asserting the legal right to integrity…

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Are Global Climate Talks Delivering for the World’s Forests?

27 Aug 2024

Are Global Climate Talks Delivering for the World’s Forests? A political overview of SB 60 from a forests’ perspective   Download the English version of the briefer here   Meetings…

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Who Really Benefits? How REDD+ Fails Forests and Those Who Protect Them – A new Briefing from GFC

29 Jul 2024

In this new briefing, launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) in Bonn, we unravel the confusions, contradictions and inherent issues with the REDD+ program.

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GFC Joins CSOs in Calling Out Biodiversity Markets as False Solutions

24 Jul 2024

GFC has joined more than 200 organisations signing on to a civil society statement opposing biodiversity offsets and credits, arguing that biodiversity markets are being modeled on carbon markets, which…

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Roots July 2024: Uniting for Forests and Forest Peoples

22 Jul 2024

  Roots Newsletter: July 2024 Dear friends, members, allies and comrades, As we stride into the second half of the year, take a moment to reflect on the work of…

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