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The global demand for rattan is causing major damage to the forests of Indonesia, where rattan grows exclusively in the wild. This unsustainable exploitation is causing the rattan to disappear in some areas, putting even more pressure on the underpaid farmers. In Central Sulawesi, farmers are demonstrating that rattan harvesting can be done differently.

IUCN NL joins over 360 organisations in calling on the European Parliament and EU Council to block the Omnibus proposal

The escalation of violence since January 2025 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, with many concerns for civil society at large and women and children in particular, as they face disproportionate risk from hunger, and sexual and gender-based violence. Working in the DRC with 13 civil society partner organisations, the majority of which are based in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, the GLA stands in solidarity with the Congolese people and calls for the urgent implementation of all measures to end the violence.

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The Green Livelihoods Alliance (2021 - 2025) is an alliance of Gaia Amazonas, IUCN NL, Milieudefensie, NTFP-EP, SDI and Tropenbos International, with Fern and WECF as technical partners.

The Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) Forests for a Just Future programme aims to ensure that tropical forests and forest landscapes are sustainably and inclusively governed to mitigate and adapt to climate change, fulfil human rights and safeguard local livelihoods.

In eleven countries in South America, Africa and Asia, as well as internationally, the Alliance works with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP&LCs) and social movements to:

  • increase the participation of IP&LCs in policy and decision-making regarding land rights and forest governance
  • strengthen lobby and advocacy to hold governments and industries accountable for deforestation and human rights violations.

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