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Soutenez les communautés qui conservent les vraies forêts, Arrêtez les fausses forêts de l’industrie
2 Septembre, Durban: Lors d’une presse conférence, aujourd’hui, Global Forest Coalition [1] a mis en exergue le fait que les gouvernements devraient établir des politiques de soutien aux communautés autochtones qui conservent les forêts et tout autre écosystème faisant partie de leur territoire. Le rôle de ces communautés est rarement reconnu et leur subsistance et leurs territoires sont menacés par les industries extractives soutenues par les gouvernements telles que l’exploitation minière, les industries de la pâte à papier, du bois …
Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) Preliminary Report
The aim of the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) is to contribute to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2011-2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets, by providing policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community conservation. The project is documenting and reviewing the findings of bottom up, participatory assessments of up to 60 communities in at least 20 different countries, assessing the resilience of community conservation initiatives and the support that should be provided to …
ACTION ALERT FROM NORTH BENGAL FORESTS
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 department’s hegemonic control over forests and plantation people had helped preserve and raised, working day and night, braving untold misery and mostly working without wages. Chilapata was the first forest area in West Bengal where people belonging to the indigenous Rava and Mech communities, along with Jharkhandi Adibasi settlers had officially proclaimed their governance …
Doha Updates: MRV as a Trojan Horse for Carbon Markets?
While the spectacular conference centre where the current climate talks are held looks rather unworldly, it is important to look at the realities behind these negotiations. In Paraguay, for example, the main cause of greenhouse gas emissions is deforestation. The main driver of forest loss is agriculture and the main underlying cause is meat, meat and more meat, as deforestation is mainly caused by cattle ranching and by the production of soy as fodder for European and Chinese livestock. This …
The Luna talks?
About REDD, LULUCF and Luna-talks By Simone Lovera, Sobrevivencia-Paraguay and Global Forest Coalition Of course, when we arrived in Cancun and realized that the meeting venues were called Cancun Messe and Moon Palace, we already knew that these talks would be not only be a complete chaos, but that they would also be disconnected from the real world. The gap between real life and the hot air, massive loopholes, false promises and other fallacies that marks these “luna-talks” was …
The Missing Delegate at Cancún: Indigenous Peoples
cross-posted from: National Geographic blog Forest set-asides are at the heart of the United Nations’ climate negotiations, but a Native American restoration specialist says it will get the wrong people out of the woods. As nearly 200 delegates gather at the Conference of the Parties in Cancun, Mexico, writer Dennis Martinez points out that Indigenous peoples and their advocates have no official seat among nations, and yet have experienced the worst impacts of climate change. To solve the problem, delegates of the …
“The Voices of those Who Speak for Mother Earth Must Not Be Silenced”
Statement By Tom Goldtooth, Leader of the Indigenous Environmental Network Delegation to UNFCCC COP-16 Negotiations Dec 9, 2010 Media Contacts: (interviews available in Spanish & English) IEN media hotline: +52 998 108 0748 Email: ienCop16media@gmail.com I have come to the UNFCCC COP-16 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico as a member of Grassroots Solutions for Climate Justice — North America a delegation of Indigenous Peoples and representatives from fossil fuel impacted communities who are on the frontlines of addressing the climate …
Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal
Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010 REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn Cancún, Mexico – Indigenous and environmental rights groups warn that an agreement on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico will spell disaster for forest peoples worldwide, limiting the rights of indigenous and peasant people over their territories. The real solution, the groups argue, is for developed …
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