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Contact: Nnimmo Bassey +216 21003908 nnimmo@eraction.org Outraged by the rampant land grabs and neocolonialism of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation), Africans at the World Social Forum in Tunisia took the historic decision to launch the No REDD in Africa Network and join the global movement against REDD. REDD+ is a carbon [...]
Read more...RIO DE JANEIRO – Indigenous Peoples of the world participating in Rio+20 denounce that the Green Economy and REDD+ privatize nature, sell the air we breathe and destroy the future. Indigenous Peoples´ powerful message to the United Nations summit is eloquently conveyed in the No REDD+! in Rio+20 Declaration launched this morning by of the [...]
Read more...Irish carbon trading company, Celestial Green, claims 17 million hectares of the Amazon - the size of Switerland and Austria. The Munduruku People are divided and protest, threaten carbon trader with arrow to the heart… A empresa,Celestial Green, segundo seu site, já tem 17 MILHÕES de hectares contratados na Amazônia brasileira para créditos de carbono… Matéria da [...]
Read more...New Video Reveals Global Resistance to Forest-Carbon Projects and Documents Critical Perspectives on REDD (video y boletín en español debajo) A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests (Instructions for requesting a DVD of the new REDD video, which includes two bonus features, can be found here.) Global Forest Coalition and [...]
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21 September 2011 – On the World Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations [1], a coalition of environmental groups and Indigenous peoples organizations [2] has launched a call to the international donor community to halt the diversion of forest conservation funding to dubious schemes to “Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and enhance forest carbon stocks” [...]
Read more...December 16th, 2010 Request sent from Amazon Watch Deadline for sign-ons: Friday, December 17, noon (NY time) Dear all, Many of us have come to know Tony James, the President of the Amerindian Peoples Association in Guyana, over the years. He has been very active in defending indigenous rights, and more recently, on issues around [...]
Read more...Nick Buxton December 2010 Bolivia was not an obstacle to progress at Cancun’s climate talks. It was rather the only nation daring enough to tell the truth. In the famous Hans Christian Anderson fable, The Emperor’s New Clothes, a weaver famously plays on an emperor’s arrogance and persuades him to wear a non-existent suit with [...]
Read more...This film was made during a participatory video facilitator training in Ifugao, Philippines. The trainee facilitators, representing 15 distinct indigenous communities from 8 different countries, created this short film exploring their perspectives and shared positions on the controversial subject of the REDD programme. For more information about participatory video, please visit the InsightShare website – [...]
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Protest in Cancun. By Patrick Bond, Cancun, Mexico December 12, 2010 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – The December 11 closure of the 16th Conference of the Parties – COP16 global climate summit – in balmy Cancun was portrayed by most participants and mainstream journalists as a victory, a “step forward”. Bragged US [...]
Read more...Here is an amazing video made by one of our photographers, Allan Lissner, who was in Cancun with us! This is a rough cut video, but shows some of the actions and members of our delegation!! Check out his website for other photos and information on his work! Go to: http://allan.lissner.net/ source: http://redroadcancun.com/?p=1656
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