Unsustainable Livestock Production

GFC Posters for the World Forestry Congress 2015

Here are Global Forest Coalition’s posters that we have submitted for exhibit at the XIV World Forestry Congress that will take place from 7 – 11 September in Durban, South Africa. The poster highlights the scope of the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI), livestock and bioenergy issues.   CCRI poster: You can download the poster here Livestock poster: You can download the poster here Bionergy poster: You can download the poster here It is our greatest hope that you can also …

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Redirecting Government Support for Unsustainable Livestock Production key to Biodiversity Conservation, Claim New Report and Briefing Paper

Thursday May 22nd, 2014

Asunción, Paraguay – A new report and briefing paper launched by Brighter Green and the Global Forest Coalition on the International Day of Biodiversity highlight the negative impact of unsustainable…

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When Hope Avenges Mistrust

Friday May 8th, 2015

By: Miguel Lovera Ever since I read the masterpiece by Jan Ziegler “La Suisse Lave Plus Blanc” (“Swiss Whitewash”) in the early ‘90’s, I started to suspect that there was…

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INDONESIA AND INDIA; LEAD THE G-33 IN DEFENDING THE SOUTH

Thursday December 5th, 2013

(cross-posted from Focus on the Global South) Bali, 5 December 2013 As developed countries intensify political pressure at the 9th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Bali and blame India for the stalemate…

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4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day – Promoting the “Cerrado [agribusiness] model”

Wednesday June 20th, 2012

“Land grab may work well for everybody and must not be rejected with knee-jerk reactions.” – Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and CGIAR Fund Council Chair…

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