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 HEADS UP: key issues and events for your campaign agenda
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 88
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January 2004
Indigenous peoples' rights, state sovereignty and the Convention on Biological Diversity
 Prepared by the Forest Peoples' Programme. Available in English, Spanish and French
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November 2003
Biodiversity Action Plan poorly implemented
 Article in EU Forest Watch issue 79
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February 2003
Responsibilities abroad: How Export Credit Agencies impact on biodiversity
 FERN briefing including two case studies
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August 2002
NGO statement presented at Biodiversity Plenary of the Earth Summit
Presented by Meenashki Raman (Sahabat Alam Malaysia) and developed by the NGO Biodiversity Caucus in consultation with the Global Forest Coalition
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May 2002
Paper Tiger: no threat of extinction
EU Forest Watch Special Report on the CBD COP 6
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May 2002
Has the CBD been implemented?
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 63
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May 2002
Ministers call upon the WSSD to halt biodiversity loss
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 63
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April 2002

Watching weasels at the CBD
An article by Jessica Dempsey in ECO (Vol 6, Issue 7) on the launch of the GFC-Fern global report.
Available at http://www.itdg.org/html/advocacy/docs/eco6-7.pdf

 
April 2002
Biodiversity is not for sale, but nor is it for free. It is priceless.
Joint NGO statement at the opening plenary session of COP 6
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April 2002
Joint NGO statement on the strategic plan of the CBD
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April 2002
The Convention on Biological Diversity should take ACTION to halt loss of forest biodiversity
Fern statement for CBD COP6
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April 2002
Can the CBD save the forests?
A press release by Fern announcing the launch of the Report "Status of implementation of forest-related clauses in the CBD"
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April 2002
Forest definitions: a chance to get real
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 62
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April 2002
New report shows way forward on forests in CBD
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 62
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March 2002
Status of implementation of forest-related clauses in the CBD: An independent review and recommendations for action
A Global Forest Coalition/Fern review monitoring how 21 countries have met their commitments to key forest related CBD articles and decisions. Full report in English, French or Spanish, plus 21 country reports.
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February 2002
Incoherence reigns at intergovernmental level
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 60
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December 2001
Hopeful future for CBD forest work
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 58
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November 2001
Joint NGO/IPO statement at CBD SBSTTA 7
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November 2001
Time for action!
Fern proposals for key elements for the CBD work programme on forest biological diversity
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November 2001
The Convention on Biological Diversity, State Sovereignty and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
CBD legal briefing written by Fergus MacKay of the Forest Peoples Programme
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November 2001
Fern to help monitor CBD implementation
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 57
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October 2001
Action on forests: testing moment for CBD
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 56
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April 2001
Calls for action grow as first BAPs adopted
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 52
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March 2001
Forests and the Convention on Biological Diversity: A dossier of relevant articles and decisions
Dossier prepared by the Global Forest Coalition. Lead Author: Simone Lovera, Sobrevivencia / Friends of the Earth-Paraguay.
Available at http://www.wrm.org.uy		  
February 2001
Convention discrepancies CBD
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 50
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January 2001
A Tale of Two Cities
A discussion paper by Simone Lovera, Sobrevivencia/ Friends of the Earth-Paraguay on the relationship between the Convention on Biodiversity and the UN Forum on Forests
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September 2000
Last chance for forest biodiversity as action plan nears completion
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 46
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July 2000
Europe’s forests largely ignored
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 45
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June 2000
Progress at the CBD
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 44
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April 2000
Trading carbon: a new value for forests
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 42
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January 2000
Action on biodiversity
Article in EU Forest Watch Issue 40
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