"I will not be in Nagoya but my colleague from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance, Peg Putt from The Wilderness Society, will be in Nagoya. Peg is a terrific source so please email me at dblehr@cs.com if you'd like to set up a few minutes to speak…"
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Campaigners call for change on UN forest definitions to protect the climate
Bonn – As climate change negotiations resume here this week, a coalition of environmental campaigners has called on the UN’s scientific and technological advisory body(1) to create a new forest definition that differentiates natural forests from plantations. This is needed to prevent global efforts to protect forests and the climate from being undermined, according to the Ecosystems Climate Alliance (ECA).The UN’s current definition of “forests” fails to distinguish between intact natural…See More
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- What is your name?
- Don Lehr
- What is your job title?
- Media Consultant
- What organisation do you work for?
- Ecosystems Climate Alliance (ECA)
- Website
- www.ecosystemsclimate.org
- What aspects of biodiversity are you most interested in?
- Biodiversity targets, CBD negotiations, Communicating biodiversity, Climate change, Ecosystem services, Forests, Oceans, Wetlands
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- English, Dutch, German, Spanish (various members of ECA)
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- The Ecosystems Climate Alliance is an alliance of NGOs committed to keeping natural terrestrial ecosystems intact and their carbon out of the atmosphere. ECA comprises Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Global Witness, Humane Society International, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Foundation Norway, The Rainforest Foundation U.K., Wetlands International, The Wilderness Society, Nepenthes, and Australian Orangutan Project.
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Campaigners call for change on UN forest definitions to protect the climate
Bonn – As climate change negotiations resume here this week, a coalition of environmental campaigners has called on the UN’s scientific and technological advisory body(1) to create a new forest definition that differentiates natural forests from…
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