World Rainforest Movement
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty, launched at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. The convention has three main goals: “conservation of biological diversity or biodiversity; the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources”. Tropical forests that contain most of the world´s biodiversity have a prominent place on the agenda of the Convention, and its agenda also includes the discussion on genetically modified trees.
The 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is taking place in South Korea. There are several issues being addressed by the COP 12 such as biodiversity and ecosystems conservation, invasive...
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September 21, the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day for our organizations, networks and movements to celebrateresistance and raise our voices to demand, Stop the Expansion of Monoculture Tree Plantations!...
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2011 was declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations. In response, WRM has launched a campaign that challenges the definition of “forest” used by FAO. This is not a simple matter of semantics: FAO’s definition of...
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Open letter to participants at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP X) on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP V) to be held in Nagoya, Japan in...
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The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) of the Convention of Biological Diversity is taking place in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008. COP 9 will include a high-level ministerial segment organized by the host...
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18 – 22 February 2008 – FAO, Rome, Italy Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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Paris, France, July 4th 2007 — Over 50 Indigenous Peoples Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations involved in meetings surrounding the Convention on Biological Diversity, presented an open letter today recommending a ban...
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Until now the debate over genetically modified organisms – also known as transgenic organisms – has mainly focused on agricultural crops, and only to a much lesser extent on genetically modified trees. This is understandable, given...
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This press release coincides with the opening of the World Forum on Natural Capital www.naturalcapitalforum.com in Edinburgh. To highlight their concerns about the event, 140 organisations from all over the world are releasing...
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Official documents adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) – the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992: Documents Agenda 21...
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The December 2015 Raíces newsletter focuses on the problems arising around approval and regulation of the Legal Framework on Biodiversity, and the impacts of this new law. In this recent rush to privatize nature and traditional knowledge,...
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A report by Corporate Europe Observatory reveals how the biotech industry is trying to shape rules to allow the entry of new technologies for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The industry has revived the discourse it used 20 years...
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Mr. Chairman, Executive Secretary, Your Excellencies, Oct 15, Statement of the CBD Alliance, Plenary session at the High Level Segment – COP12. My name is Choony Kim, I represent the Korean Civil Society Network on the CBD, and am a...
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Humankind faces an environmental, economic, and climate crisis that poses a threat to its survival. Destruction of ecosystems endangers not only communities that directly depend on them, but also the planet as a whole. Power centres have...
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At its last Conference of the Parties (COP8), the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a very important Decision in relation to the issue of genetically modified trees and invited everyone “to provide relevant views and information...
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Friends of the Earth International – World Rainforest Movement – Oilwatch. Kuala Lumpur, 11 February 2004 The World Rainforest Movement, Oilwatch and Friends of the Earth International (a federation of 68 non-governmental...
read more The Hague, April 2002. Forest Biodiversity Here we are, defending the forests, but dealing with schizophrenia. This schizophrenia is due to the fact that many governments want to conserve biodiversity, but at the same time they are driven...
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Commissioned by the Global Forest Coalition This report is based on 21 country case studies, including Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech republic, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya,Malaysia, the Netherlands, New...
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