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From the Liberian women fighting for the right to own and govern land that’s rightfully theirs, to the Guyanese Indigenous Peoples resisting companies attempting to seize their forests these stories come from different parts of the globe, but are bound by a common thread.
24/09/2019
Alexandra Benjamin interviews Liberian women struggling for their land rights, and examines the law that could finally help bring them justice.
Guyana’s forests have sustained people for generations. Gaulbert Sutherland travelled deep into the country’s hinterland to hear of the pressures that locals face, and their hopes for change.
Tropical forests are likely to grab headlines today when Jair Bolsonaro addresses the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York.
In early September, just before a hernia operation, Brazil’s President told reporters, “I will...
Le 3 septembre 2019, le président français Emmanuel Macron (au nom de CAFI, dont la France assure la présidence cette année) et le président de la République du Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, ont signé un accord déterminant de 65...
18/09/2019
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Poor forest management also needs to shoulder some of the blame.
Tropical forests consumed by fire and colossal hurricanes show that the time for half-measures to address climate change and forest destruction is long past.
Council and Parliament urged to get involved to fix oversights and reinforce ambition in new forest Communication.
Hope remains: the deal can still be rejected, as a first step toward requiring that companies and consumers do better.
