“Net Gain” is a lose-lose for rights, gender justice and social equity in biodiversity policy Recommendation A new policy paper by the Global Forest Coalition addresses offsets to biodiversity. It shows that offsets mostly do not contribute to biodiversity conservation and also have significant negative impacts on women and indigenous peoples.
Indigenous rangers expand footprint in Cambodian forest besieged by illegal logging As environmental activists are silenced around them, a group of Kuy grandfathers have taken matters into their own hands and are reversing a global trend in a bid to keep their ancient culture alive. By Matt Blomberg
Youth Against Climate Change in South Africa: “There is a major lack of representation in the movement” Interview Most of food production in Africa is shouldered by small scale farmers and the majority of farmers are women. Alarmed by the effects of climate change on her family’s farm Ayakha Melithafa from South Africa’s Western Cape joined an environmental school club and engages now in a national and an international youth movements for climate justice. By Imeh Ituen
Ukraine: “Renewables must not be a business for few only!” Interview Iryna Holovko, board member of the Center for Environmental Initiatives “Ecoaction”, talks with Robert Sperfeld about the issue of climate protection within Ukrainian society. By Robert Sperfeld
Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction Analysis Geoengineering technologies are considered by many to be the most practicable solution to overcome the climate crisis. They are mainly a means to secure the predominant role of fossil fuels in the economy. By Carroll Muffett
Katowice: A European coal capital goes green Nowhere in the EU is smog more suffocating than in southern Poland. This year, the polluted Polish mining city Katowice will host the COP24 climate conference. Ahead of that, change is in the air — and on the ground. By Richard Fuchs
The development of ASEAN - an introduction In 1967 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded. This dossier sheds light on the institutional framework of ASEAN and analyses with contributions by civil society and academia, where social and ecological justice has, or should have, its place in Southeast Asia. By Julia Behrens, Manfred Hornung and Fransiskus Tarmedi
New strategies of sustainable food production in ASEAN Organic food production is still a niche market in ASEAN countries, yet one on the rise. Health and ecological concerns have brought sustainable farming methods including small-scale and organic farming back to the table. Perspectives from Thailand, Myanmar, and Singapore. By Judith Bopp
'Offsetting is better than doing nothing at all.' Does offsetting contribute to climate protection or does it obscure the view of the real solutions?
'Conventional regulatory instruments of nature conservation have failed. It is therefore important to give market-based instruments such as emissions trading a chance.' Can market-based instruments replace conventional regulation in nature conservation?
