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Indigenous peoples and communities are key to mainstreaming biodiversity, highlights new report on Earth Day

22 Apr 2016

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 of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)[3] meetings to be held from 25 April to 6 May 2016 in Montréal, Canada [4]. The paper calls out to national governments to include indigenous peoples and local community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) and other community conservation initiatives as a …

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European Commission signs strategic agreement with women’s groups to implement Sustainable Development Goals

18 Mar 2016

18 March: The European Commission’s International Cooperation arm (DEVCO)[1] has launched a 5-year partnership agreement with a coalition of 5 global and regional women’s networks to implement the Sustainable Development…

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Call for cancellation of Swedish carbon credit purchase in Uganda

10 Mar 2016

Several environmental groups from around the world have today sent an open letter to the Swedish Energy Agency calling for the cancellation of the Agency’s purchase contract with the Norwegian…

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Destructive biofuels and wood-based biomass out of next Renewable Energy Directive say 115 organisations to EU renewables consultation

10 Feb 2016

Campaigners say: False solutions to climate change do not cut emissions but damage land and livelihoods in other countries 10th February 2016 – 115 civil society organisations and networks from…

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Biomyths: Bioenergy carbon neutrality myth is a time bomb under climate deal

8 Dec 2015

7th December: The Global Forest Coalition [1] has launched a new report at the Paris climate talks today titled “Biomyths, the Costly Carbon Scam of Bioenergy”. [2] The report exposes how large-scale bioenergy…

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New Briefing Paper Highlights Dangers Of A Fraudulent Accounting Framework On Land Use To Potential Climate Agreement

16 Nov 2015

15 Nov 2015: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] launched a new briefing paper [2] today, providing a critical overview of the problem of current carbon accounting rules in the…

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Indigenous and Local Communities launch crucial report to help governments appropriately recognize and support community conservation

2 Nov 2015

Community conservation: Indigenous peoples and local communities have shown that we understand much better the ways of sustainable living and conservation of nature than any technocrats and government authorities

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Activists Denounce Agribusiness Take-Over of UN Food Body

16 Oct 2015

16 October: On the occasion of World Food Day [1] a coalition of environmental and indigenous groups [2] denounces undue corporate influence over the UN Committee on World Food Security…

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PRESS RELEASE: Historic Deforestation Target in UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Requires Real Transformation

25 Sep 2015

25 September 2015: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] congratulated the UN on the target to halt deforestation by 2020 [2] in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted…

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International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood

17 Sep 2015

Press release: Tuesday 8th September, 2015 International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood, warning of their disastrous impacts on…

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FAO’s new optimistic assessment on reduced deforestation is totally misplaced say forest activists

9 Sep 2015

7 September, Durban: The Global Forest Coalition[1], a coalition of Indigenous Peoples and environmental activist movements from 50 different countries has denounced FAO’s optimistic assessment that deforestation has been halved…

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Recent Media Releases

Indigenous peoples and communities are key to mainstreaming biodiversity, highlights new report on Earth Day

European Commission signs strategic agreement with women’s groups to implement Sustainable Development Goals

Call for cancellation of Swedish carbon credit purchase in Uganda

Destructive biofuels and wood-based biomass out of next Renewable Energy Directive say 115 organisations to EU renewables consultation

Biomyths: Bioenergy carbon neutrality myth is a time bomb under climate deal

New Briefing Paper Highlights Dangers Of A Fraudulent Accounting Framework On Land Use To Potential Climate Agreement

Indigenous and Local Communities launch crucial report to help governments appropriately recognize and support community conservation

Activists Denounce Agribusiness Take-Over of UN Food Body

PRESS RELEASE: Historic Deforestation Target in UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Requires Real Transformation

International coalition of green groups speaks out against renewable energy subsidies being spent on biofuels and burning wood

FAO’s new optimistic assessment on reduced deforestation is totally misplaced say forest activists

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