Forêts et Changement Climatique

New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Projects: A Darker Shade of Green Documents Critical Perspectives on REDD

24 janv., 2012

  Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project have produced a new video entitled A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests. The twenty-eight minute video, launched today, documents opposition around the globe to controversial programs that claim to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) by putting forests into the carbon market.

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AND THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS REDD FAIRY TALE IS…. “REDD will support Indigenous Peoples”

8 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” to assist delegates in distinguishing truth from fiction regarding the controversial program of Reducing…

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Confused Climate Solutions (CCS)

6 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – If ordinary people are struggling to understand what is going on in the COP17 Climate Change negotiations in Durban, they should not feel too bad as…

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Indigenous Peoples and Allies Call for a Moratorium on REDD+

6 déc., 2011

Indigenous Peoples participating in the UNFCCC negotiations have called for a moratorium on REDD+ today. In a statement released to the press, the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local…

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The Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD)

4 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – This was the third such ARDD day – the first was during the Copenhagen COP, and some of us went along on the 3rd to keep…

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Workshop on Agriculture and Soils with African Peasant Communities: the Biochar ‘fiasco’ in Cameroon

3 déc., 2011

Today – in the “People’s Space” at the University of Kwazulu, in conjunction with the UNFCCC COP17, a workshop on agriculture and soils took place. Peasant farmers, most of them…

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Indigenous and Community-led Forest Initiatives Offer Solutions to Today’s Problems Local Communities Need Rights and Respect, Not REDD

2 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – Studies show that the best guardians of forest lands are the people who live there. Indigenous Peoples and other Forest-dependent peoples agree. Yet, all over the…

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COP17 for Dummies

2 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – Around 16,000 people have gathered this year at the Convention Center in Durban to discuss around the climate change problematic, or at least, that is what most…

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Indigenous Leaders Alert the UNFCCC and the World to the Imminent Threat that REDD Poses to their Territories and Livelihoods

1 déc., 2011

  Durban, South Africa (IPCCA). As the UNFCCC COP 17 opens in Durban, South Africa, a gathering of indigenous leaders from around the world discussing biocultural protocols and REDD warns…

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Forest Campaigners Denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale; Indigenous Communities Declare Safeguards Will Not Work

29 nov., 2011

Durban, South Africa – At the inauguration of United Nations COP17, Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” [1] to assist delegates in distinguishing truth from…

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BEWARE THE GRIMM REDD FAIRY TALES!!!

28 nov., 2011

The Global Forest Coalition has produced a series of REDD Fairy Tales.   Introducing: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – REDD+ is a Poisoned Apple  Ananse – REDD’s Sticky Web…

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39th issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

14 nov., 2011

We present the most recent version of the Global Forest Coalition’s newsletter in intergovernmental forest-related policy processes: Forest Cover no.39. This issue includes an outlook for the upcoming 17th Conference of the Parties of…

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Media Release: Environmental Groups Denounce Diversion of Forest Funding to REDD Plantations

21 sept., 2011

On the World Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations, a coalition of environmental groups and Indigenous peoples organizations has launched a call to the international donor community to halt the diversion…

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Open Letter of Concern to the International Donor Community about the Diversion of Existing Forest Conservation and Development Funding to REDD+

21 sept., 2011

On the World Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations, The No REDD Platform, a coalition of climate justice groups and Indigenous People´s Organizations seeks support for this letter  with which we aim…

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Wednesday, the 21st of September – International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations

21 sept., 2011

Our member groups planned special events to conmemorate this day by  carrying out events, demonstrations, sending out declarations, videos and others. Check how some GFC member groups across the world participate…

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38th Issue of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition

19 août, 2011

We present the most recent version of the Global Forest Coalition’s Newsletter: Forest Cover no.38. The editorial of this issue of Forest Cover deals with the road to Rio+20 and…

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In Memoriam: Environmentalist Ricardo Carrere

18 août, 2011

The following is a message from the Chair of GFC, Fiu Mataese Elisara: « August 16th will be remembered as a sad day for forests and biodiversity in the world. Ricardo Carrere…

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