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PRONUNCIAMIENTO POR LA JUSTICIA CLIMÁTICA DE CARA A LA COP30 - Plataforma Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Justicia Climática “Ante la Emergencia Climática, una Lucha por la Vida” Leer aquí en portugués e inglés. Urgencia de la crisis climática Nos encontramos en un punto de inflexión histórico. La grave crisis climática que...

PRONUNCIAMIENTO POR LA JUSTICIA CLIMÁTICA DE CARA A LA COP30
"Ante la Emergencia Climática, una Lucha por la Vida”

Unimos fuerzas para promover las alternativas reales, forjar una transición verdaderamente justa y defender nuestros territorios

plataformajusticiaclimatica.org/pronunciamie... #COP30

STATEMENT ON CLIMATE JUSTICE LEADING UP TO COP30 - Plataforma Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Justicia Climática “In the Face of the Climate Emergency, a Struggle for Life” Read here in portuguese and spanish. The Urgency of the Climate Crisis We are at a historical turning point. The severe climate crisis we ar...

We join climate justice movements coordinated by @gcdcj.bsky.social and Plataforma Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Justicia Climática in bringing these shared demands to the Climate Conference (COP 30) in Belem: plataformajusticiaclimatica.org/statement-on... #COP30 #climatechange

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

16% of the area used to grow soybeans in the Amazon was cleared after the 2023 "soya moratorum", and cultivation in untouched forest nearly tripled from 2018 to 2023, reaching 250,000 hectares. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Comunicado Familia Julia Chuñil: "Con mucho dolor damos a conocer la noticia después de una larga investigación" - Mapuexpress A continuación, compartimos el comunicado público emitido con fecha 30 de septiembre de 2025, por familiares de Julia Chuñil, papay presidenta de la comunidad Mapuche de Putreguel, que se encuentra...

Julia Chuñil was missing for almost a year. In a wiretap, Chilean forestry tycoon admits "they burned her." www.mapuexpress.org/2025/09/30/c... #DondeEstaJuliaChuñil

European laws are essential to protect defenders from attacks New global data highlights the urgent need for greater protections for land and environmental defenders against attacks, as EU looks to weaken crucial CSDDD law

European laws needed to protect defenders from attacks: New global data highlights the urgent need for greater protections for land and environmental defenders against attacks, as EU looks to weaken crucial CSDDD law globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... by @globalwitness.org #dondeestajuliachuñil

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists
Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high cost of living and government crackdowns insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202... #Ecuador @katiesurma.bsky.social

Today on Witness Radio, at 2pm EAT, we rebroadcast of a powerful conversation with Uganda’s informal alliance resisting irresponsible land-based investments in our Agafa Mu kitudu kyo radio program. They spoke out on Sept 21,the International Day of Struggle against industrial plantations @grain.org

Read the letter: kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Fre... #KickBigPollutersOut #COP30

"You have lied to us since 1992. Stop lying to us and don't risk the future. For a livable future, get rid of the Big Polluters, the fossil fuel industry and big agribusiness. Get rid of them or there will be no future for anyone; this is not a threat; it is a reality, and it will affect you too.”

Press Release: Over 225 Organizations Demand: "Kick Big Polluters Out, Don't Invite Them to the COP30 Table!" - Global Forest Coalition The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies.

“So far, the UNFCCC’s path seems to be wrong. Why are the highest concentrations of GHG emissions after Rio 1992? Your system is flawed, and we feel it without needing to read your reports; we feel it in our lives, our crops, our territories" -Andrea E., GFC globalforestcoalition.org/press-releas...

⚠️ The First Casualty: Trust in Climate Finance The future of climate finance depends on one thing: trust. Trust that money will flow.

The future of climate finance depends on trust. Trust that money will flow, incentives are real, and commitments are credible. By gambling with scarce public funds on volatile financial trades, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (#TFFF) puts that trust at risk www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-...

Denver’s Food Forests Provide Free Fruit While Greening the Environment Despite federal roadblocks, an ambitious agroforestry program is feeding people, cleaning the air, and helping offset climate change.

Detroit Urban Gardens has a mission to regenerate urban green space and grow healthy food in the community. Its food forest program is “creating a geographic spread so that you can be anywhere in the city and be pretty close to a food forest.” civileats.com/2025/09/29/d...

The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says Experts often warn about the “tipping point” for the Amazon, a scenario in which the rainforest collapses into a drier, less biodiverse savanna ecosystem. But the term “tipping point” is sometimes…

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem.

The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but deforestation has been shown to disrupt the region’s water cycle.

Peru court upholds 28 years in prison for loggers in Indigenous murders After 11 years, the Alto Tamaya Saweto community has finally received confirmation of convictions in the 2014 murders of Indigenous Ashéninka leaders Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos, Leoncio Quintanísima and…

Eleven years after the murders of four Indigenous leaders of the Alto Tamaya Saweto community, an appeals court ratified the sentences for four loggers.

The defendants failed to attend the hearing, and an arrest warrant was issued for the four loggers.

Un bosque puede tener derechos de autor La Naturaleza como sujeto de derechos es una discusión actual que todavía tiene resistencias pero de a poco se afianza en la conversación pública y política en todo el planeta. Desde hace dos décadas,...

La Naturaleza como sujeto de derechos es una discusión actual que todavía tiene resistencias pero de a poco se afianza en la conversación pública y política. ¿De qué manera desafiar la imaginación jurídica para atender a las necesidades de un planeta en llamas? revistacrisis.com.ar/notas/un-bos...

Eladia Fernández is shown with her daughter during the radio program Sapucai at La Chicharra, a community radio station for women, on December 17, 2024, in Goya, Corrientes Province, Argentina. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra.

Estela Maris Ojeda is shown at her farm in San Isidro, Goya, Corrientes Province, on December 15, 2024. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra. Argentina.

Eladia Fernandez walks outside the La Chicharra radio station with her daughter on December 17, 2024, in Goya, Corrientes Province. Image by Anita Pouchard Serra. Argentina.

La Chicharra, a feminist community-run radio station in Corrientes, a rural province of Argentina, has helped empower women.

Now, President Milei's government poses as a major threat.

Story by grantees @nataliealcoba.bsky.social & Anita Pouchard Serra for @theflytrapmedia.com. bit.ly/46T6rxt

Billionaires aren’t going to save the planet: The Bezos Earth Fund, AI, and carbon offsets A recent report by Grain highlights the conflicts of interest and promotion of carbon offsets in the Bezos Earth Fund.

The Bezos Earth Fund and Amazon are closely linked. Both promote carbon markets.

Carbon offsets are Amazon's false solution to its rapidly increasing emissions - which are largely a result of AI.

Post based on a report by @grain.org.

reddmonitor.substack.com/p/billionair...

Las tierras indígenas de la Amazonia reducen la propagación de hasta 27 enfermedades Un estudio realizado en ocho países confirma que los bosques sanos y protegidos por estas comunidades benefician la salud humana

🌳Los bosques en territorios indígenas del Amazonas, a lo largo de ocho países, mitigan hasta 21 enfermedades relacionadas con incendios y seis transmitidas por vectores, como el chagas y la malaria
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Carbon Dioxide Removal Narrative is Greenwashing Monoculture Tree Plantations - Global Forest Coalition The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies.

Despite evidence exposing the harms of monoculture plantations to communities, water, biodiversity, and the climate, proponents of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) continue to support the expansion of monoculture tree plantations as a climate solution.

globalforestcoalition.org/carbon-dioxi... #CDR

The Xinka People demand that Pan American Silver permanently close the Escobal mine. It threatens their environment, water, language, culture, and territory. Tell the CEO of Pan American Silver to respect their decision.
🔗 bit.ly/xinkapeoples...

‘Food forests are everything’: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands Agroforestry systems in Latin America practised by local communities are a boon to biodiversity, according to research

Local communities make huge contributions to protecting nature +forests:
👩🏿‍🌾 Researchers analysed 10 million hectares of Afro-descendant lands in South America and found that deforestation is 29% lower there than in protected areas, and 56% are mega-biodiverse 🌴🌳🌲

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Who profits when the Amazon rainforest burns? - Greenpeace International Fires clear land. Big Ag cashes in. But local communities, wildlife defenders, and farmers are resisting, and building real solutions for the Amazon.

Big Ag is driving the destruction of the #Amazon. A report by Greenpeace International reveals that nearly 30 MILLION acres of the Pantanal burned between 2019 & 2023 – mostly to clear land for cattle ranching.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/78688/who-profits-amazon-rainforest-burns/

Carbon Dioxide Removal Narrative is Greenwashing Monoculture Tree Plantations - Geoengineering Monitor Guest article by Gary Hughes, Biofuelwatch, and Oli Munnion, Global Forest Coalition

Article in #Geoengineering Monitor by @biofuelwatch.bsky.social and @gfc-forest.bsky.social for the Int'l Day Against Tree Plantations.

So-called "Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)" (aka geoengineering) is being used to greenwash destructive Industrial eucalyptus plantations, esp in Latin America.

‘Food forests are everything’: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands Agroforestry systems in Latin America practised by local communities are a boon to biodiversity, according to research

Local communities make huge contributions to protecting nature + forests:
👩🏿‍🌾 Researchers analysed 10 million hectares of Afro-descendant lands in South America and found that deforestation is 29% lower there than in protected areas, and 56% are mega-biodiverse 🌴🌳🌲 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Women-led patrols and fire prevention restore forests in northern Thailand BAN PONG, Thailand — “Look at these ones over here!” calls Chamran Tahpan, as she crouches next to a mound of damp leaves on the forest floor. A cluster of mushrooms sprouts from the center of the ear...

As Rachaprapa puts it: “When we protect the forest, the forest protects us.”

A powerful example of women-led forest protection in Thailand: news.mongabay.com/2025/09/wome...

Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests - Nature Sustainability Community-based conservation efforts for ecosystems can have manifold effects beyond the direct areas being managed. This study finds that, deep in the Amazon, communities effectively protected an are...

Research on community conservation "underscores the remarkable effort leveraged by Amazonian rural communities in protecting natural ecosystems and the imperative need to develop compensation mechanisms to financially reward them" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity - Friends of the Earth International Climate justice and Palestinian liberation can only be achieved by challenging the systems that allow elites to profit from destruction, and by securing real solutions that centre people, not corporat...

Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity

The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand

See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa

All around the world, groups are preparing for a day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. YOU are invited to join them! #BigBadBiomass🪚🌳

You can take part: organise an online or offline action on October 21st. Learn how: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...

⛔ STOP TOXIC TRADE ☠️ #StopToxicTrade 𝗘𝗡 | +50 organisations from 2 continents launch campaign against toxic trade agreements between the EU and Latin America : https://www.bilaterals.org/?press-conference-invitation-more 𝗘𝗦 | +50 organizaciones de 2 continentes lanzan campaña contra tratados comerciales tóxicos entre la UE y América Latina : https://www.bilaterals.org/?mas-de-50-organizaciones-de-dos-53549 𝗙𝗥 | +50 organisations de 2 continents lancent une campagne contre les accords commerciaux toxiques entre l’UE et l’Amérique latine : https://www.bilaterals.org/?invitation-a-une-conference-de

⛔ STOP TOXIC TRADE ☠️ #StopToxicTrade
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Toxic for the Amazon.
Toxic for public health.
Toxic for workers’ rights.
These FTAs are poisonous.
We need real cooperation — not corporate-led destruction.
#StopToxicTrade #StopEUMercosur