The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has announced the establishment of a new Scientific Advisory Board that will provide advice on science, technology and innovation (STI) for sustainable…
L’Association des droits humains du Guyana (Guyana Human Rights Association – GHRA) et les communautés wapichan du Rupununi expriment de sérieuses préoccupations au sujet des projets de construction…
Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and Wapichan Communities in the Rupununi are raising major concerns over road building plans affecting pristine forest in the south of the country on lands…
Le 1er novembre 2013, des organisations autochtones et de la société civile du Pérou, dont FENAMAD, AIDESEP, Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), et la Coordination nationale des droits…
Following up on our previous E-news article that looked ahead to the 8th meeting of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8(j)-8) and the 17th meeting of the CBD’s…
Key decisions on REDD+ adopted at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Warsaw, and future UNFCCC climate negotiations and financing…
La production d’huile de palme fait l’objet de critiques constantes en raison de ses effets destructeurs sur les forêts, la biodiversité et les valeurs environnementales en général. Plus récemment,…
The production of palm oil has come under sustained criticism for its destruction of forests, biodiversity and wider environmental values. More recently, the industry has also been targeted to…
Suite au lancement très médiatisé, le 7 novembre, d’une étude phare sur le consentement libre, préalable et éclairé dans 16 exploitations de palmiers à huile en Asie du Sud-Est et en Afrique,…
Following the widely publicised launch on 7 November of a landmark study on Free, Prior and Informed Consent in 16 oil palm operations in Southeast Asia and Africa titled ‘Conflict or Consent? The…
