By: Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition
After 20 years of negotiations, the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is entering a crucial moment where it can come to a tragic end. To paraphrase a well-known saying, Mercosur is offering its kingdom for a plate of lentils, or in this case, its sovereignty for a plate of beef.
By Meenal Tatpati (Women4Biodiversity) and Valentina Figuera Martínez (Global Forest Coalition) Over the past decade, the concept of ‘Nature-based Solutions’ (NbS) has been promoted within global environmental governance, with several big conservation NGOs and...
Guest article by Gary Hughes, Biofuelwatch, and Oli Munnion, Global Forest Coalition Despite the evidence exposing the harms of monoculture plantations to communities, water resources, biodiversity and the climate, proponents of ‘Carbon Dioxide Removal’ (CDR) continue...
It is with profound sadness that the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) has learned of the passing of Mr. Frank Muramuzi, Executive Director and founding member of the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) in Uganda. Frank was a pioneering...