Justiça Ambiental (JA!), ReCommon, BankTrack and Friends of the Earth France ask financiers to rule out financing for Rovuma LNG
Justiça Ambiental (JA!), ReCommon, BankTrack and Friends of the Earth France have published a blog on the potential financiers of the Rovuma LNG project. The groups contacted potential financiers and asked them to rule out financing for Rovuma LNG. BNP Paribas and UniCredit are the first two banks to rule out finance.
No Go area 5: Free flowing rivers explains why it is important for banks and financiers to prohibit direct and indirect financing to harmful activities which negatively impact or alter free flowing rivers. The paper offers useful lessons and key takeaways on how the international banking sector can establish strong water and exclusionary policies to protect free flowing rivers and the communities reliant on them.
Briefing Paper #4: Intact primary and vulnerable secondary forests
No Go area 4: Primary and vulnerable secondary forests details how banks and financiers are driving forest degradation and deforestation by financing sectors tied to high forest risks. The paper urges banks and financiers to stop financing deforestation and forest degradation by developing robust forest policies which also protect forest dwelling local and Indigenous communities.
International Rivers and CECIDE release a fact sheet on the Koukoutamba Dam, which threatens the critically endangered Western chimpanzee in Moyen Bafing National Park
During COP15, International Rivers in partnership with Guinean organization, CECIDE, released a new fact sheet, "Guinea’s Koukoutamba Dam: A White Elephant in the Making," which reveals the anticipated environmental harms from the Koukoutamba Dam under preparation in Guinea.
Friends of the Earth International’s statement on the failures of the new Global Biodiversity Framework
This week, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) released a statement to express disappointment over the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which was finalized during the Convention on Biological Diversity's Conference of the Parties (COP15) this month.
90 Civil Society Groups Call on China to Protect Biodiversity in its Overseas Investments
On December 15, 2022, 90 civil society groups from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the world called on Chinese authorities and actors to protect biodiversity and people in its overseas investments.
Briefing Paper #3: Habitats with Threatened and Endemic Species, and Key Biodiversity Areas
No Go area 3: Key Biodiversity Areas and habitats with endangered and endemic speciescalls on banks and financiers to prohibit direct and indirect financing to activities and projects which may harm these critical areas.
Briefing Paper #2: Nationally and Sub-Nationally Recognized Areas
No Go area 2: Nationally recognized areas calls on banks and financiers to protect nationally and sub-nationally recognized areas, such as parks, reserves, memorials, monuments, preserves, among others, by prohibiting direct and indirect financing to activities and projects which may harm these areas. This paper provides key lessons on the risks associated with investing in nationally recognized areas, as well as on how banks and financiers can do more to protect these areas from unsustainable development and projects.
Briefing Paper #1: Internationally-Recognized Areas
Friends of the Earth US' new briefing paper, "Protecting Biodiversity from Harmful Financing: Internationally-Recognized Areas," details the critical role of banks and financiers in protecting internationally recognized areas, such as World Heritage sites, IUCN category sites, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
