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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
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 [...]
Read more...Press Release Plurinational State of Bolivia December 11, 2010 (Cancun, Mexico) – The Plurinational State of Bolivia believes that the Cancun text is a hollow and false victory that was imposed without consensus, and its cost will be measured in human lives. History will judge harshly. There is only one way to measure the success [...]
Read more...Here are some videos our allies have put together on some of the issues here in Cancun! Great stuff! The group is called The Glass Bead Collective. Here is a message from one of their members, stormy: Hello from Cancun on Saturday morning!! We started putting out short videos near the end of COP16 juxtaposing [...]
Read more...UNFCCC Gone Wild: Cancún Edition Yesterday, the UNFCCC shut down: Civil society, youth organizations, indigenous peoples, jourmalists Not only did they pull permitted actions at the last minute this week, they confiscated badges of people expressing their analyses of the Climate Change Negotiations, they confiscated badges of people filming and photographing UN security abuses. Finally, [...]
Read more...- Please note a Spanish press release is forthcoming – Press Release – For Immediate Release International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) Indigenous Groups Announce Grave Concern on Possible Cancun Outcome December 10, 2010 (Cancun) – As the 16th UN Climate Change Conference winds down, Indigenous Peoples in attendance from around the world [...]
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