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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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...Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 This afternoon Council of Canadians Board member Leticia Adair and I tried to join a protest outside the JW Marriott luxury hotel in Cancun. We thought this would involve holding a ‘No REDD+’ banner near the entrance of the hotel as officials, delegates and motorcades entered the hotel for the event. [...]
Read more...DIANA PEI WU, AURORA CONLEY & ANA FILIPPINI What are indigenous women’s and frontline community positions on REDD?[1] Indigenous Environmental Network,[2] Youth 4 Climate Justice,[3] Grassroots Solutions for Climate Justice North America[4] all have strong positions against REDD based on the following facts: 1. REDD and other market based mechanisms are incompatible with traditional and [...]
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Meena Meno Members of La Via Campesina and other groups condemn market-based solutions — Photo: AP Protesters from environmental groups hold up a banner against the REDD plus proposal, outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, on Tuesday. CANCUN: Hector Rodriguez, who runs an alternative radio station in Cancun called Reptil, decided on [...]
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