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Agrofuels Threaten Indigenous Peoples in Paraguay
Friday, 12 December 2008, 1:11 pm | Global Forest Coalition
Paraguay--On both November 26 and 28 in the South of Amotocodie, anthropology and ecology experts of the Union of Native Ayoreo of Paraguay and the NGO Amotocodie Initiative with help from Ayoreo people from the village of Ijnapui hired by the ... More >>
UN Climate Deal Could Pay for Forest Destruction
Saturday, 6 December 2008, 1:28 pm | Global Forest Coalition
UN Climate Deal Could Pay for Forest Destruction Carbon Karma Fortune-telling Action Foretells REDD Profits More >>
Withdraw NGO Support To Responsible Soy Roundtable
Friday, 18 April 2008, 12:15 am | Global Forest Coalition
"Soy monoculture covers 21 million hectares in Brazil, the second largest world producer and exporter of soybean, soybean oil and soybean meal, and the largest exporter of value added soy as poultry, pork and beef," said Camila Moreno from Terra Di Direitos. More >>
Bali Outcomes Trample Indigenous Peoples Rights
Sunday, 16 December 2007, 9:18 am | Global Forest Coalition
As the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ends, Global Forest Coalition expresses great concern that market-based mechanisms promoted here do not give enough guarantees to indigenous peoples and forest dependent peoples to ensure their rights. More >>
Groups Protest World Bank At UN Climate Convention
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 10:19 am | Global Forest Coalition
Close to 100 people stood outside of the press conference facility chanting slogans and staging a die-in, with different people representing island nations, indigenous and women's groups, ecosystems and species that are threatened with annihilation. More >>
Indigenous Peoples Protest UNFCCC Bali Conference
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 3:51 pm | Global Forest Coalition
Indigenous peoples representing regions from around the world protested outside the climate negotiations today wearing symbolic gags that read "UNFCCC", symbolizing their systematic exclusion from the UN meeting. More >>
Governments must reject Biofuels False Solutions
Saturday, 17 November 2007, 3:23 pm | Global Forest Coalition
In reaction to today’s launch of the synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in Spain, the Global Forest Coalition, a worldwide coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations, called upon governments to reject ... More >>
