From Rio de Janeiro-2024 to Belém-2025: The Tables Turn Against the TFFF Mary Louise Malig and Pablo Solón On November 16, 2024, the G20 Social Summit, which brought together more than 2,500 representatives of civil society organizations from 91 countries, issued a declaration of support for the financing mechanism for tropical forests known as theSigue leyendo «The Tables Turn Against the TFFF»
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NO to TFFF, YES to Forest Rights
Statement from Civil Society Organizations on the Launch of the Fund for Tropical Forests Forever (TFFF) Belém, November 2025 Español / Portugués / Inglés / Bahasa Indonesia Signature form: https://forms.gle/RaaD3Wti9KhJuUuR6 Brazilian, Amazonian, Asian, African and international civil society organizations, gathered on the occasion of COP 30, express their deep concern and rejection of the launchSigue leyendo «NO to TFFF, YES to Forest Rights»
Letter on the Fifth Summit of Presidents of the Amazon and the Amazonian Dialogues
The Amazon, April 25, 2025 Mr. Gustavo PetroPresident of the Republic of Colombia Ms. Laura Camila Sarabia TorresMinister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Ms. Lena Yanina Estrada AñokaziMinister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia Mr. Guillermo RiveraRepresentative of Colombia to ACTO Ambassadors of Colombia in the Amazonian countries Ref. V Summit of Presidents ofSigue leyendo «Letter on the Fifth Summit of Presidents of the Amazon and the Amazonian Dialogues»
International Meeting: Peoples, Territories, and Nature in the face of global chaos
São Paulo, May 26-28, 2025 [Português / Español] Social, environmental, and anti-imperialist movements around the world are faced with the challenge of organizing to defeat the attacks on people, the plundering of their territories, and the destruction of the Earth’s climate and biosphere. 2024 was the hottest year in 120,000 years, with temperatures 1.5°C higherSigue leyendo «International Meeting: Peoples, Territories, and Nature in the face of global chaos»
Building alternatives for forests from civil society in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia
On November 15, 2024, within the scope of the G20 Social, the event “Building alternatives for forests from civil society in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia” was held, in which presentations on the problems of tropical forests were made by Mary Louise Malig of the Global Forest Coalition, Satrio Manggala of Walhi-Indonésia, Kwami Kpondzo ofSigue leyendo «Building alternatives for forests from civil society in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia»
The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia
1. Real solutions to preserve tropical forests are already being developed by indigenous territories, peasant communities, black communities, quilombolas, traditional and local communities, grassroots organizations and peoples in voluntary isolation. 2. Food sovereignty, agroecology, community forest conservation, agroforestry, community ecotourism and solidarity economy initiatives are the real solutions to preserve forests, cool the planet andSigue leyendo «The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia «
A call from the Amazon to build an Agreement for Life in the face of climate and ecological collapse
Without Amazon there is no solution to the climate crisis. Without a solution to the global climate crisis, it will not be possible to save the Amazon. Therefore, from the XI FOSPA (Pan-Amazonian Social Forum) we call on our sisters and brothers from all continents to build an Agreement for Life in the face ofSigue leyendo «A call from the Amazon to build an Agreement for Life in the face of climate and ecological collapse»
Proposal under construction of a SOCIAL OTCA
Nothing about us, without us Presentation The following proposal seeks to consolidate the progress achieved in terms of social participation at the Summit of Presidents of the Amazon[1] and the Amazon Dialogues[2], and to create a mechanism for social participation within the framework of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, taking up in particular the provisions containedSigue leyendo «Proposal under construction of a SOCIAL OTCA»
2025: We are going to change the history of the climate and the planet!
The time is now! We live in times of ever growing danger but at the same time, renewed hope. Climate change is worsening every day with the continued extraction of fossil fuels and deforestation. Rising temperatures, droughts, forest fires and floods are aggravating hunger, conflicts and inequalities that lead to the deaths of all speciesSigue leyendo «2025: We are going to change the history of the climate and the planet!»
Proposals for the Summit of Presidents of the Amazon
Amazon, May 15, 2023 Presidents of the Amazon Ref: Summit of Presidents of the Amazon We hereby wish to send you the following proposal documents for the Summit of Presidents of the Amazon that have been the result of a discussion process of several months of the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial NetworkSigue leyendo «Proposals for the Summit of Presidents of the Amazon»
Asamblea Mundial por la Amazonía 