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Cop10hagen and the Redd-Green Economy

9 nov., 2010

So will Nagoya become the CBD’s Copenhagen? Are we heading for another COP-flop? article by Simone Lovera, in CBD Alliance Newsletter of 25 October 2010 This important question formed the core of the statement by members of the CBD Alliance at the mid-term plenary last Friday. The similarities between the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) are striking.

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Organizations protest market-based conservation at CBD COP10

9 nov., 2010

On Tuesday 19 October, the second day of the Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan, organizations, including the Global Forest Coalition, protested against market-based conservation. A short report from our Executive…

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EU bio-energy targets cause biodiversity loss

19 oct., 2010

Nagoya, Japan, 18 October 2010 -Environmental and social justice groups warn that incentives for wood-based bio-energy will trigger dramatic biodiversity loss, as forests and grasslands are converted to monocultures.  The…

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Tianjin letter to governments

12 oct., 2010

The fourteenth session of the AWG-KP and the twelfth session of the AWG-LCA are taking place this week in Tianjin, China. During the last Climate Talks in Bonn in August…

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21 September – International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations

4 oct., 2010

September 21 is International Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations. On this day, environmental and social groups around the world call attention to the harmful effects of tree monocultures on biodiversity…

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Shell bankrolls REDD

4 oct., 2010

Indigenous Environmental Network and Friends of the Earth Nigeria Denounce Shell REDD Project September 7, 2010 – Oil giant Shell, infamous for the genocide of the Ogoni People and environmental…

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Thousand solutions to climate change!

13 sept., 2010

The people create thousands of solutions to confront climate change! Thousands of Cancuns for climate justice! La Via Campesina calls on social movements and all people to mobilize around the…

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Nature Communications article shows ‘true colours’ of biochar advocates

13 sept., 2010

Groups condemn implied land-grab for biochar

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EU Green Paper on forests and climate change: missed opportunity

13 sept., 2010

In March 2010, the European Commission launched an EU-wide consultation to find out whether the EU should increase its efforts to protect forests under a changing climate.

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LULUCF briefing: No offsets, no false accounting

13 sept., 2010

Briefing paper on Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), prepared by GFC’s European focal point Almuth Ernsting from Biofuelwatch and Helena Paul from Econexus.

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Close loopholes, do not expand CDM

13 sept., 2010

Statement to the pre-sessional workshop on “Forest Management Accounting” Bonn, 30 July 2010

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Open Letter: Growing Opposition to Round Table on Responsible Soy

13 sept., 2010

The undersigned organisations reject the “responsible” label for soy developed by the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS).

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New Report Reveals Major New Threats to Forests and Communities from European Bioenergy Policies

13 sept., 2010

PRESS RELEASE Forest groups urge European governments to stop support for industrial bioenergy

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Global Forest Coalition and Partners Demand Inclusion of Cochabamba Outcomes in UN Climate Process

13 sept., 2010

On behalf of Global Forest Coaolition and other members of Climate Justice Now!, Camila Moreno gave an intervention to the the Long-Term Cooperative Action Working Group at the UN Climate…

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Briefing paper: Wood-based bio-energy: the green lie

13 sept., 2010

As forests campaigners, activists and Indigenous Peoples Organisation make a tour through Europe to inform policymakers about the dangers of wood-based bioenergy, the Global Forest Coalition presents a briefing paper…

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Media alert: wood-based bioenergy, impact on forests and forest dependent people

13 sept., 2010

Seminar wood-based bio energy, impact on forests and forest dependent people

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Stop the Destruction of Forests and Lands for Wood-based Bio-energy

13 sept., 2010

The undersigned NGOs, Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations and social movements call upon the European Union and EU member states to halt and reverse the expansion of large-scale wood-based bio-energy production as…

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