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GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF IMPORTANT FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE Michel Roggo is based in Switzerland, and this has a lot to do with his passion: He started freshwater photography in the countless crystal clear rivers and lakes of the Swiss Alps. With 25 years of experience and about 100 expeditions worldwide, he has the skills to work on a global freshwater project: Produce a photographic documentation of 30 important freshwater environments from across the globe, focusing on underwater images. This as a contribution to safeguarding the future of the world's wetland areas. The duration of the project is 4 years, starting 2011. So far, about 20 locations have been photographed. http://www.roggo.ch/thefreshwaterproject/ National Geographic: Pictures:
DIPPING UNDER UNSPOILED RIVERS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/pictures/130322-unspoiled-rivers-freshwater/ WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/6c3dcf 28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA http://sco.lt/7paeFV MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE. REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF WATER CONTAMINATION http://sco.lt/5Gpafx March 22, 2013 Environment America
REPORT: WASTING OUR WATERWAYS 2012 I*** INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012
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Pangolin held captive as a pet at Limbat's 'zoo' in Kandang, Aceh. Photo by Paul Hilton. June 10, 2013 Mongabay In a chilly rain on Sunday, in a town just a few kilometers beyond the edge of a protected Sumatran rainforest, a young orangutan sat perched on a piece of plywood and grabbed the metal wires of his tiny cage... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0610-kellogg-aceh-wildlife-trade.html June 12, 2013 Mongabay
TIGERS, ORANGUTANS, RHINOS: SUMATRA'S BIG MAMMALS ON EDGE OF EXTINCTION as deforestation, mining and palm oil concessions expand,.. http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0612-gen-sumatra-wildlife.html LARGE-SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN\ A PLAGUE OF DEFORESTATION SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA http://sco.lt/5sDv5F
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May 2013 Food and Water Watch EXPLOSIVE MUST READ.... New indepth report gives first comprehensive analysis of U.S. State Department’s promotion of the biotech seed industry’s global agenda... http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/biotech-ambassadors-diplomacy-or-marketing/ CONTENTS Executive Summary . Introduction State Department Strategy, Message, Tactics and Goals State Department Biotech Charm Offensive Taking the Biotech Spin Cycle on the Road The Four Goals of Biotech Diplomacy. Corporate Diplomacy and Monsanto’s Goodwill Ambassadors. Patently Offensive: State Department Intervenes in Commercial Disputes for Monsanto Pressuring Foreign Governments to Reduce Oversight of Biotech Crops. . . U.S. Embassies Aggressively Opposed GE Labeling Efforts Pushing Biotech on the Developing World. U.S.-Biotech Industry Campaign to Commercialize GE Crops in Kenya U.S. Government Pushes Ghana Biotech Law Over Finish Line Nigeria Advances U.S.-Drafted GE Legislation… Combining Diplomatic Carrots With WTO Sticks Conclusion and Recommendations Methodology Endnotes http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/biotech-ambassadors-diplomacy-or-marketing/ June 5, 2013 Green Left Weekly
U.S. GOVERNMENT BACKS MONSANTO'S THREAT TO GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54223 USA GOVERNMENT STARTS TRADE WARS WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO BIOTECH GM CARTEL http://sco.lt/7AcjHV THE HUNGER GAMES - HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY IN SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7WCnGT MONSANTO, UN AGENDA 21 AND GLOBAL MONOPOLY COOPTING THE LABEL "SUSTAINABLE" http://sco.lt/7v9ZMv OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking Approvals, Waiving Regulations, Oversight http://sco.lt/5uCx8b NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS ARE NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/81OLWj
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The future of our land, water and climate is under threat but large-scale ecosystem restoration can help reverse this. In 2011, the Bonn Challenge set a ten year target to restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land. This short film describes the many benefits of taking up this vital challenge..WATCH: STORIES OF HOPE ON THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET. JOIN THE INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY... https://www.youtube.com/user/whatifwechange?utm_content=buffer15c37&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer March 03, 2013 Global Issues
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND EXTINCTIONS http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-biodiversity-and-extinctions VISIT THE "WHAT IF WE CHANGE" MAGAZINE http://www.whatifwechange.org/magazine/ May 29, 2013 Seed Daily
EVEN FARM ANIMAL DIVERSITY IS DECLINING AS ACCELERATING SPECIES LOSS THREATENS HUMANITY http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Even_farm_animal_diversity_is_declining_as_accelerating_species_loss_threatens_humanity_999.html WATCH: "THE PERENNIAL PLATE" GMO SEED IN INDIA - HOW MONSANTO MONOPOLIZES THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET Vandana Shiva http://vimeo.com/59404290 WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7 LOVELY VIDEO - *** AWHAR: RESTORING THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES IN IRAQ - Full Episode http://sco.lt/5T7sNV PHOTOS: STUNNING IMAGES OF BREATHTAKING BIODIVERSITY IN REMAINING INDONESIAN FORESTS AND MARINE LIFE http://sco.lt/8zbjbl DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMALS GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE' http://sco.lt/8q2M41 HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n VIDEO: Yale Environment 360 INTO THE HEART OF ECUADOR'S YASUNI http://sco.lt/7HwxkH May 24, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: THE ROLE OF ART AND IMAGINATION TO CREATE CHANGE - A GREAT IDEA Largely absent from the business world, animal portraits without words or explicit messages around sustainability, were found to effectively change perceptions and communicate the need for change. Without words or explicit messages about sustainability or conservation, around 90% of viewers changed their cultural perceptions of animals and made statements about the need for more sustainable lifestyles to help protect the animals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/gallery/sustainable-future-arts-imagination-gallery#/?picture=409437897&index=1 May 25, 2013 Mother Jones
FAREWELL, FROGGY: THE AGE OF RIBBIT IS NEARING AN END http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/05/amphibian-populations-declining-precipitous-rates-us-even-species-thought-stable
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OSLO (Reuters) - May 27, 2013 A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies for the world's growing population, the head of a new United Nations panel on biodiversity said on Monday... Zakri said there were 30,000 edible plants but that just 30 crops accounted for 95 percent of the energy in human food that is dominated by rice, wheat, maize, millet and sorghum.... He said it was "more important than ever to have a large genetic pool to enable organisms to withstand and adapt to new conditions." That would help to ensure food for a global population set to reach 9 billion by 2050 from 7 billion now.... http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/environment-food-idUSL5N0E80Q420130527 LARGE=SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN March 03, 2013 Global Issues
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND EXTINCTIONS http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-biodiversity-and-extinctions RESTORING THE EARTH: THE BONN CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/4p7B3Z May 10, 2013 United Nations Environmental Programme LOSS AND DEGRADATION OF NATURAL HABITAT THREATEN MIGRATORY BIRDS, PUSHING SPECIES TOWARD EXTINCTION http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2716&ArticleID=9498 May 27, 2013 Science Daily
EVEN FARM ANIMAL DIVERSITY IS DECLINING ACCELERATING SPECIES LOSS THREATENS HUMANITY http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527100624.htm TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/95LXpR WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET - SOIL AS OUR LIFELINE http://sco.lt/4nJvdp FACTORY FARMS - AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7ZewEr WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7 *********A Must see VIDEO for all. David Suzuki: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj May 11, 2013 UNEP
UN CONFERENCE TAKES HISTORIC STRIDES TO STRENGTHEN CHEMICAL SAFETY GLOBALLY
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said that in many countries intensive crop production has depleted agriculture's natural resource base, jeopardizing future productivity. "To fight hunger and eradicate poverty, we will need to find more sustainable ways to produce 60 percent more food by 2050," he said. However, he recognized that chemical pesticides would continue to be part of farming in many parts of the world in future. ... http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2716&ArticleID=9501&l=en
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Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle.... http://vimeo.com/66087863 Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene. Human activities such as damming and agriculture are changing the global water cycle in significant ways. The data visualisation was commissioned by the Global Water Systems Project for a major international conference (Water in the Anthropocene, Bonn, Germany, 21-24 May, 2013 ) June 9, 2013 Inter Press Service
ZIMBABWE: MAKING A BUSINESS OUT OF WATER RATIONING - WATER CRISIS WORSENING ZIMBABWE http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/making-a-business-out-of-water-rationing/ Yale Environment 360
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WHEN THE WATER ENDS: AFRICA'S CLIMATE CONFLICTS http://e360.yale.edu/feature/when_the_water_ends_africas_climate_conflicts/2331/ June 10, 2013
EGYPT FOREIGN MINISTER TO ETHIOPIA FOR "LIFE OR DEATH" WATER TALKS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Egypt_FM_to_Ethiopia_for_life_or_death_water_talks_999.html June 10, SF Gate
EGYPT WARNS ALL OPTIONS OPEN FOR ETHIOPIA NILE DAM http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Egypt-warns-all-options-open-for-Ethiopia-Nile-dam-4590927.php March 20, 2008 Treehugger
AN EXPLANATION OF THE WATER CYCLE (WITH PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS) http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/an-explanation-of-the-water-cycle-with-pictures-and-diagrams.html May 23, 2013 Guardian Environment WORLD ON COURSE TO RUN OUT OF WATER, WARNS UN SEC. BAN KI-MOON http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/22/world-run-out-water-ban-ki-moon1 May 24, 2013 Yale Environment 360 MAJORITY OF EARTHS POPULATION FACE WATER SHORTAGES BY MID CENTURY http://e360.yale.edu/digest/majority_of_earths_population__faces_water_shortages_by_mid-century/3854/ May 22, 2013 Terra Daily
SOURCE OF LIFE RUNNING OUT: WATER SCIENTISTS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Source_of_life_running_out_water_scientists_999.html WATER SECURITY THREATS: GLOBAL WATER SYSTEM PROJECT - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE May 21-24 2013, Bonn, Germany http://www.gwsp.org/ June 7, 2013 GreenBiz
WHY CORPORATE WATER MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO CHANGE http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/06/07/why-corporate-water-management-needs-change January 30, 2013 World Resources Institute
5 SOBERING REALITIES ABOUT GLOBAL WATER SECURITY http://insights.wri.org/aqueduct/2013/01/5-sobering-realities-about-global-water-security-0 May 23, 2013 - Mens News Daily
THE COLORADO RIVER, THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER AND THE ENTIRE WESTERN HALF OF THE U.S. ARE RAPIDLY DRYING UP http://michaelsnyder.mensnewsdaily.com/2013/05/the-colorado-river-the-high-plains-aquifer-and-the-entire-western-half-of-the-u-s-are-rapidly-drying-up/ SOLUTIONS TO WORLD WATER CRISIS REQUIRES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION http://sco.lt/7CpAwL May 23, 2013 Environment News Service
U.S. GROUND WATER CONSUMPTION ACCELERATING http://ens-newswire.com/2013/05/23/u-s-groundwater-consumption-accelerating/ May 22, 2013 Business Insider:
AMERICA'S WATER PROBLEM IS WAY WORSE THAN EVERYBODY THINKS http://www.businessinsider.com/us-drought-water-scarcity-2013-5 December 27, 2011 EcoGreen4Us
CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT WATER AND FOREST? http://www.ecogreen4us.com/stories/environment-stories/live-without-water-forest/ May 3, 2013 Mongabay
WIDELY USED INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATING WATER SUPPLIES, TRIGGERING WILDLIFE DIE-OFF IN EUROPE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0503-gen-imidacloprid-europe.html Convention on Biological Diversity UNITED NATIONS - INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - 22 May 2013 - WATER AND BIODIVERSITY 2013 http://www.cbd.int/idb/2013/ DESTRUCTIVE DAMS : BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated - http://sco.lt/6zxQWX PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/7XBO1R 28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA http://sco.lt/7paeFV March 22, 2013 Environment America
REPORT: WASTING OUR WATERWAYS 2012 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012 WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: BONN WATER DECLARATION The water community assembled in Bonn for the Global Water System Project Conference Water in the Anthropocene to make a set of core recommendations to institutions and individuals focused on science, governance, management and decision-making relevant to water resources on Earth. The declaration was issued by the Lord Mayor of Bonn during the closing ceremony of the conference and was signed by the participants. http://www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/documents_news/Bonn_Water_Declaration_final.pdf
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June 17, 2013 Nature - Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences Agricultural chemicals affect invertebrates in streams and soil, even at 'safe' levels. Agricultural pesticides have been linked to widespread invertebrate biodiversity loss in two new research papers. Pesticide use has sharply reduced the regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates, such as mayflies and dragonflies, in Europe and Australia, finds a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1..... http://www.nature.com/news/pesticides-spark-broad-biodiversity-loss-1.13214 PESTICIDE CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/6VkkXB NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign"
VIDEO: DANGERS OF DICAMBA http://www.fixfood.org/features/276/dangers-of-dicamba DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMAL GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH A Must see VIDEO for all. David Suzuki: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj May 11, 2013 UNEP
UN CONFERENCE TAKES HISTORIC STRIDES TO STRENGTHEN CHEMICAL PESTICIDE SAFETY GLOBALLY
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said that in many countries intensive crop production has depleted agriculture's natural resource base, jeopardizing future productivity. "To fight hunger and eradicate poverty, we will need to find more sustainable ways to produce 60 percent more food by 2050," he said. However, he recognized that chemical pesticides would continue to be part of farming in many parts of the world in future. ... http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2716&ArticleID=9501&l=en
Aug 6, 2009 http://www.ted.com Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU WATCH: BIO-INSPIRATION: NATURE AS MUSE - KQED QUEST - For hundreds of years, scientists have been poaching design ideas from structures in nature. Now, biologists and engineers at UC Berkeley are working together to design a broad range of new products, such as life-saving milli-robots modeled on the way cockroaches run and adhesives based on the amazing design of a geckos foot .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBkbaFsZOY FROM SOAP TO CITIES, DESIGNING FROM NATURE COULD SOLVE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES by Sven Eberlein — YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/the-solutions-to-our-biggest-challenges-are-all-around-us2014in-nature >>>YOU CAN'T BEAT MOTHER NATURE - Human contrivances pale in comparison with the technologically superior feats of the natural world http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/31/reviews/970831.31saga01.html TO CHANGE OUR DIRECTION, IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW NATURE'S LEAD by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine Letter From The Editor http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/natures-original-idea?icl=email_november12&ica=ChangeDirectionFollowNature >>>>THE 15 COOLEST CASES OF BIOMIMICRY http://brainz.org/15-coolest-cases-biomimicry/ February 25, 2013 Treehugger
FISH GILL-INSPIRED WATER MANAGMENT SYSTEM WINS STUDENT DESIGN CONTEST http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/fish-gill-inspired-water-management-system-wins-student-design-contest.html BIOMIMICRY ABOUNDS IN THE BAY AREA | KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/20/biomimicry-abounds-in-the-bay-area/ >>>>>VIDEO: NATURE-TECH : LIFEPOWER - LEARNING FROM NATURE (BBC) Part 1/4 HD - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQUhPPtQL0 >>>>>BIOMIMICRY: We must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honor with the humility of the wise the bounds of that natural world and the mystery which lies beyond them, admitting that there is something in the order of being which evidently exceeds all our competence http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/benyus-biomimicry.html >>>LIVING LESSONS OF BIOMIMICRY by Janine Benyus | Awakin.org Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=790 AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD « The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
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As oil forces a state of emergency in Peru. Ecuador owed China more than $7 billion — more than a tenth of its GDP — as of last summer. In 2009 China began loaning Ecuador billions of dollars in exchange for oil shipments. It also helped fund two of the country's biggest hydroelectric infrastructure projects, and China National Petroleum Corp may soon have a 30 percent stake in a $10 billion oil refinery in Ecuador. "My understanding is that this is more of a debt issue – it's because the Ecuadoreans are so dependent on the Chinese to finance their development that they're willing to compromise in other areas such as social and environmental regulations," Adam Zuckerman, environmental and human rights campaigner at California-based NGO Amazon Watch, told the Guardian. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ecuador-selling-its-rainforest-to-china-2013-3#ixzz2WLg5gu9S 26 March, 2013 The Guardian
ECUADOR AUCTIONS OFF AMAZON TO CHINESE OIL FIRMS http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/26/ecuador-chinese-oil-bids-amazon March 28, 2013 AMAZON WATCH »
ECUADOR'S AMAZON RAINFOREST MAY BE AUCTIONED TO CHINESE OIL COMPANIES http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/0328-ecuadors-amazon-rainforest-may-be-auctioned-to-chinese-oil-companies June 18, 2013 Business Insider INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FEND OFF OIL COMANY, ARMY WITH ARSENAL OF SPEARS, BLOWPIPES, MACHETES http://www.businessinsider.com/indigenous-people-fend-off-oil-company-army-with-arsenal-of-spears-blowpipes-machetes-2013-1#ixzz2OrmmKcgU June 3, 2013 Forest News
Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic DEFORESTATION RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON http://sco.lt/86G4dV
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May 20, 2013 Yale Environment 360 VIETNAM AND THAILAND HAVE LOST 43 PERCENT OF THEIR FOREST COVER IN THE PAST FEW DECADES Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on the forests of Vietnam and neighboring countries, threatening areas of biodiversity so rich that 1,700 species have been discovered in the last 15 years alone... http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_plague_of_deforestation_sweeps_across_southeast_asia/2652/ June 12, 2013 Mongabay THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES IN SUMATRA AND MUST CEASE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0610-kellogg-aceh-wildlife-trade.html June 13, 2013 Mongabay INDONESIA: SUMATRAN LARGE MAMMALS ON BRINK OF EXTINCTION Contact between humans and wild animals is increasing disastrously in Sumatra as deforestation, mining and palm oil concessions expand, fragmenting forest habitats and driving animals out of protected areas. The exact number of tigers left in the wild is uncertain but latest estimates range from under 300 to possibly 500 in 27 locations. http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0612-gen-sumatra-wildlife.html INDONESIA: THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGERS' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/62jf3h June 10, 2013 Mongabay
NASA: DEFORESTATION JUMPS IN MALAYSIA http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0610-glofdas-deforestation-2013Q1.html April 8, 2013
PALM OIL LINKED TO ANIMAL EXTINCTION http://blog.friendseat.com/palm-oil-causes-deforestation-animal-extinction/ WATCH: AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY *** REMEMBERING "GREEN" - AN ORANGUTAN'S JOURNEY - - Winner of Best Short Documentary - Don't Miss This http://sco.lt/6JdIP3 ORANGUTAN CLINGS TO LAST REMAININg TREE AS CORPORATE BULLDOZERS DECIMATE FORESTS http://sco.lt/6aimJ7 THE PALM OIL HOLOCAUST - AND WE STAND BY AND ALLOW CORPORATE ECOCIDE? http://sco.lt/7KU641 LARGE-SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN February 13, 2013 Redd Monitor
INDONESIA: GOVERNOR OF ACEH (SUMATRA) PUTS FORESTS UNDER THREAT IN BAIT AND SWITCH AGREEMENTS http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/02/13/indonesia-governor-of-aceh-puts-forests-under-threat/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Redd-monitor+%28REDD-Monitor%29 WATCH: ANIMATION: +++ "THE STORY OF REDD" A REAL SOLUTION OR ACCELERATOR OF DEFORESTATION? http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/2973775544/the-story-of-redd-a-real-solution-or-accelerator-for-deforestation-animation THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/8pbb7p June 9, 2013 Mongabay
CHINA TO BUILD $17 BILLION WORTH OF DAMS IN INDONESIA BORNEO - DESTROYING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0608-china-borneo-dams.html LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv *** ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH **** TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/95LXpR DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS: Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated - Big Money Drives... | @scoopit http://sco.lt/79BRmT MORE ON DEFORESTATION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=DEFORESTATION
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November 3, 2012 Video Documentary David Suzuki AN EXCELLENT EXPLATION ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERING OUR TREES, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT BY GENETISIST, DAVID SUZUKI WATCH: *** A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERING OUR FORESTS, ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9hjy-CJlzbM June 11, 2013 Scientific American
GLOWING PLANTS: CROWDSOURCED GENETIC ENGINEERING PROJECT IGNITES CONTROVERSY http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=glowing-plants-controversy-questions-and-answers BIOSAFETY INFORMATION CENTER http://www.biosafety-info.net/ June 4, 2013 Biosafety Information Centre
USDA (US DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE) URGED TO REJECT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=976 ****MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECO SYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/51ekyH Global Justice Ecology Project: STAND UP FOR NATIVE TREES, NOT BIOTECHNOLOGY FORESTS http://globaljusticeecology.org/stopgetrees.php?ID=638&tabs=2 June 9, 2013
INSANE NEW TECHNOLOGY WORSE THAN GMOs? http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/85438-insane-new-technology-worse-than-gmos#.UbTIYWbinDo.twitter NEW VIDEO REPORT - NewsHourPBS - June 10, 2013 ***** WHEN DOES GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ANIMALS CROSS A LINE? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/when-does-genetic-modification-of-animals-cross-a-line.html This Is Not Funny and Has Major Implications if interbreeding takes place (accidentally) with natural animals and systems. Just Because We Can, Does Not Give us the Moral or Ethical Right to let these loose into our biosphere or consumer markets and what does it do the the animal itself?
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*****THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATION, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv *****DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l ***** 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE USA - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5 ***** GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: CROSSING ROSES WITH PIG AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORKS -- NOT OKAY http://sco.lt/4olIPJ ***** PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIG' http://sco.lt/8JZpZp 28 March, 2013 - Nation of Change
***** BIO-DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://www.nationofchange.org/biodemocracy-or-corporatocracy-food-fight-our-lives-1364483920 ***** OUR 21ST CENTURY GENETIC FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: - IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j WATCH Another Video Documentary by David Suzuki *** "A SILENT FOREST - THE GROWING THREAT OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES" - Full Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w437uQf_A7c WATCH: ***Video KILLING OUR FORESTS AND SOILS WITH CHEMICALS FOR GMO FORESTS: Poisoning USA Majestic Forests in Oregon http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3570818841/video-killing-our-forests-and-soils-with-chemicals-poisoning-usa-majestic-forests-in-oregon ---------THE "GLOWING" PLANT ISSUE ------- June 6, 2013 The Guardian
KICKSTARTER MUST NOT FUND BIOHACKERS' GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PLANTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/true-north/2013/jun/06/kickstarter-money-glow-in-the-dark-plants?CMP=twt_gu June 4, 2013 Nature
GLOWING PLANTS SPARK DEBATE http://www.nature.com/news/glowing-plants-spark-debate-1.13131 June 7, 2013 New Scientist
DO GLOWING HOUSE PLANTS TAKE GENE TINKERING TOO FAR? http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23668-do-glowing-house-plants-take-gene-tinkering-too-far.html June 6, 2013 Mother Earth News
CROWDFUNDING SITE 'KICKSTARTER' RAKES IN PROFITS FROM IRRESPONSIBLE, UNREGULATED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CAMPAIGN http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/synthetic-biology-kickstarter-campaign-zwfz1306zkin.aspx#axzz2Vhhdp8uK WATCH: Video ETC GROUP: *** "KICKSTOPPER" - STOPPING UNREGULATED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY POLLUTION http://vimeo.com/67314737# Indiegogo VIDEO: KICKSTOPPER: STOPPING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL POLLUTION BY CROWDFUNDER "KICKSTARTER" http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kickstopper-stopping-syn-bio-pollution ETC GROUP: http://www.etcgroup.org/kickstopper --------------------------------------- THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - MARKETING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1849165755/the-new-biomassters-marketing-synthetic-biology-and-the-next-assault-on-biodiversity-and-livelihoods NEW 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' GIVES IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW, MINIMUM REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT TO BIOTECH INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5I0Oi9 OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM US CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z WATCH: WATCH: "GENETIC ROULETTE - THE GAMBLE OF OUR LIVES" - YouTube 1:24:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWRzxMUfDE *** Video MONSANTO: A FARMER'S OWN STORY - HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS FARMERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U
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The Bushmen are the indigenous people of southern Africa. They have experienced a genocide which has been almost completely ignored; having once occupied the whole of southern Africa, just 100,000 remain today... http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmen NEWS FROM THE BUSHMEN - Survival International http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/tribes/bushmen June 5, 2013 Survival International
*** VIDEO: TRUCKS ARRIVE TO EVICT BOTSWANA BUSHMEN FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9292 --------------------------TAKE ACTION--------------------------------- June 5, 2013 Alternet
HOW BOTSWANA RUNS ROUGHSHOD OVER THE RIGHTS OF IT'S INDIGENOUS BUSHMEN MINORITY http://www.alternet.org/world/botswana-violates-bushmen-rights June 3, 2013 Forest News
Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic January 14, 2013 Take Part
BOTSWANA'S BUSHMEN ARRESTED AND TORTURED FOR HUNTING WHILE TRIBAL Imagine being arrested, beaten until you pass out, thrown into a hole and covered with sand, just for going to the supermarket to buy some dinner. Well, that is the basic equivalent of what happened to Nkemetse Motsoke in Botswana last year.... http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/14/survival-alert-botswanas-bushmen-beaten-tortured-and-arrested-hunting-while June 7, 2013 Global Possibilities HOW BOTSWANA DESTROYS RIGHTS OF ITS BUSHMEN MINORITY http://www.globalpossibilities.org/how-botswana-runs-roughshod-over-the-rights-of-its-bushmen-minority/ March 21, 2013 Survival International
KALAHARI BUSHMEN LAUNCH NEW LEGAL BATTLE IN BOTSWANA http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9046 WATCH VIDEO: *** ETHOPIA - LOCAL TRIBES UNDER THREAT FROM FOREIGN LAND GRAB "INVESTMENTS" http://sco.lt/4kFdrd LAND GRABS: How Foreign "Investments" Are Redistributing Wealth, Land and Water across the globe http://sco.lt/96H2yv
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June 3, 2013 Science Daily A mismatch between the departure schedules of songbirds and higher spring temperatures at their breeding sites means they are arriving 'late' for the advanced spring and likely missing out on peak food they need to be productive breeders. Aerial insectivores, like purple martins and other swallows, are experiencing strong population declines, particularly species migrating longer distances and populations breeding further north. Scientists have shown in a European species that declines may be due to an inability to advance arrival schedules to match a warming climate. This study provides the first direct evidence of a discrepancy between higher spring temperatures at breeding sites and departure schedules of individual songbirds..... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603135525.htm
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February 5, 2013 Oakland Institute VIDEO: http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/video-lower-omo-local-tribes-under-threat Ethiopia has been the focus of aggressive foreign agricultural investment, leasing out nearly 3.6 million hectares of land for commercial farm ventures from 2008-2010. This investment has corresponded with widespread human rights violations. Most egregiously, the Ethiopian government's villagization program will displace 1.5 million people by 2013--with the five administrative regions that have the largest share of foreign investment the hardest hit. The forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people from their lands to make room for foreign investors has destroyed livelihoods and rendered small-scale farmers and pastoralist communities fearful of their own survival, as rapes and killings involving security forces have been reported in Lower Omo and Gambella regions,,, http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/video-lower-omo-local-tribes-under-threat April 17, 2013 - farmlandgrab.org
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FACE RELOCATION IN ETHIOPIA'S LAND GRAB http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/21952 June 3, 2013 Forest News
Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic November 20, 2012 Mongabay
THE STRUGGLE TO CONSERVE ETHIOPIA'S HIGHLANDS: WOLVES, MOLE RATS, AND NYLA http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1120-hance-bale-interview.html#zsb3zhaDbf2HOQKv.99 LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN 'INVESTMENTS' ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv GRAIN — LAND GRABBING FOR BIOFUELS MUST STOP http://sco.lt/5kSOFl June 5, 2013 TerraDaily
EGYPT WARNS ' ALL OPTIONS OPEN' ON MEGA ETHOPIA DAM - Ethiopia has begun diverting the Blue Nile 500 metres (yards) from its natural course to construct a $4.2 billion (3.2 billion euro) hydroelectric project known as Grand Renaissance Dam. The Blue Nile joins the White Nile in Khartoum to form the Nile which flows through Sudan and Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Egypt_warns_all_options_open_on_Ethiopia_dam_999.html 20 December 2011 farmlandgrab.org
ETHIOPIA: GIBE III - A DAM TOO FAR http://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/19794 June 6, 2013 Terra Daily
EGYPT UPS THE ANTE ON NILE DISPUTE WITH ETHIOPIA MEGA DAM http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Egypt_ups_the_ante_on_Nile_dispute_with_Ethiopia_999.html June 3, 2013 World Environment News -
MID-EAST WATER WARS: Ethiopia studies on Nile dam fall short: Diverting Water From Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia and the impact of a $4.7 billion hydroelectric dam. http://planetark.org/wen/68819 ----------------------------WOMEN FARMERS---------------------------- June 3, 2013 CGIAR WLE
WHEN LAND GETS GRABBED, DO WOMEN GET SIDELINED? http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/06/03/when-land-gets-grabbed-do-women-get-sidelined/ June 4, 2013 La Via Campesina
INDONESIA: WOMEN FARMERS OF THE WORLD HEAD TO THEIR IV INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/women-mainmenu-39/1413-indonesia-women-farmers-of-the-world-head-to-their-iv-international-assembly WE ARE THE SOLUTION! FAMILY FARMING IN WEST AFRICA http://sco.lt/6zfyK1 March 8, 2013 - farmlandgrab.org
SECURING RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOODS FOR RURAL WOMEN IN THE CONTEXT OF CORPORATE LAND INVESTMENTS: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCES IN AFRICA http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/21743 LIBERIAN WOMEN IMPACTED BY EXPANSION OF SIME DARBY'S INDUSTRIAL OIL PALM PLANTATIONS - farmlandgrab.org http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/21726 March 8, 2013 - Deutche Welles Environment
MEXICO'S RURAL WOMEN BATTLING DROUGHT, GUN-CARRYING GANGS AND A STRUGGLING DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL MARKET http://www.dw.de/mexicos-rural-women-fight-drought/a-16653191?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf AFRICAN WOMEN FARMERS SAY NO TO WESTERN-STYLE BIG AG TECHNIQUES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/994770640/african-women- June 2, 2013 Global Post: Commentary:
WHY THE PROBLEM? WHEN IT'S ONLY ABOUT MONEY: U.S. STANDS TO BENEFIT BY INVESTING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/sub-saharan-africa-united-states-investment-AGOA Oakland Institute: UNDERSTANDING LAND INVESTMENT DEALS IN AFRICA: PUBLICATIONS http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/land-deals-africa-publications THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE -- ALL IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/8pbb7p PARTNERS FOR THE LAND & AGRICULTURAL NEEDS OF TRADITIONAL PEOPLES - www.plantpartners.org http://www.plantpartners.org/ DEFORESTATION OUT OF CONTROL - THE ONGOING 6TH MASS EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/60eudl WATCH - DOCUMENTARY May 3, 2011 FarmlandGrab
"PLANET FOR SALE" BIG AG BUYING UP WORLD'S FERTILE LAND http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/18542 WATCH:
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"WHEN THE WATER ENDS: AFRICA'S CLIMATE CONFLICTS" http://e360.yale.edu/feature/when_the_water_ends_africas_climate_conflicts/2331/ WATCH: Oakland Institute
"THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF LAND INVESTMENTS ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA" http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/unheard-voices-human-rights-impact-land-investments-indigenous-communities-gambella WATCH:
"GREEN GOLD" The film takes you to China, Jordan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Bolivia. It’s the story of healing landscapes at scale, and, with it, restoring life, livelihoods, security and a future. This documentary is not just a tale of hope, it’s evidence of hope – it’s proof that we do not need to give in to apathy and despair. Instead, we see we have the simple solutions right in front of us... http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/green-gold/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TopDocumentaryFilms+%28Top+Documentary+Films+-+Watch+Free+Documentaries+Online%29 MORE ON ETHIOPIA Food Crisis and Global Land Grabs http://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/19794 AND http://www.farmlandgrab.org/search "ETHOPIA" Daraja http://www.scoop.it/t/daraja-net?q=ETHIOPIA
Guardian Sustainable Business: Largely absent from the business world, animal portraits without words or explicit messages around sustainability, were found to effectively change perceptions and communicate the need for change. Working with a team from Michigan State University, Joseph Zammit-Lucia analysed the impact of his animal portraits on viewers in museum and classroom settings. Without words or explicit messages about sustainability or conservation, around 90% of viewers changed their cultural perceptions of animals and made statements about the need for more sustainable lifestyles to help protect the animals.
We're really interested to hear what you think of these images. What message, if any, do you take from them? Largely absent from the business world, what do you think artists, novelists, poets and musicians can bring to sustainability? It would be great to hear your thoughts - leave them below or tweet @GuardianSustBiz with #GSB... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/gallery/sustainable-future-arts-imagination-gallery#/?picture=409437897&index=1 May 25, 2013 Mother Jones
FAREWELL, FROGGY: THE AGE OF RIBBIT IS NEARING AN END http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/05/amphibian-populations-declining-precipitous-rates-us-even-species-thought-stable PHOTOS: STUNNING IMAGES OF BREATHTAKING BIODIVERSITY IN REMAINING INDONESIAN FORESTS AND MARINE LIFE http://sco.lt/8zbjbl WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7 HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n JANINE BENYUS: WE ARE SURROUNDED BY GENIUS - WHOLE SYSTEMS DESIGN BY NATURE http://sco.lt/8yQgrZ RESTORING THE EARTH: THE BONN CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/4p7B3Z MORE ON BIOMIMICRY: http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=biomimicry
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May 26, 2013 Common Dreams Multinational corporations are seizing and deforesting large tracts of land in Indonesia. This new "Corporate colonialism" is bringing farmer deaths, poverty, human rights violations and ecological catastrophe to Indonesia with little recourse for the local communities who suffer the effects of projects touted as "growth," the Guardian's John Vidal reports. In the match between corporate power and the poor in the archipelago, the number of conflicts is on the rise.... "These developments are classed as 'growth' but what we are seeing is the collapse of communities of fisherfolk or farmers and increasing poverty," he continues. "We are exchanging biodiversity for monocultures, local economies for global ones, small-scale producers are becoming labourers and community land is becoming corporate. This is the direction we are going." One problem for communities is the growing number of palm oil plantations, which, Henry Sarigih, founder of the Indonesian Peasant Union, says "has spawned a new poverty and is triggering a crisis of landlessness and hunger."... http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/26-0 May 25, 2013 The Guardian INDONESIA: THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM Multinational companies have been encouraged by the Indonesian Government to seize and deforest land owned by the indigenous peoples.. "The presence of palm oil plantations has spawned a new poverty and is triggering a crisis of landlessness and hunger. Human rights violations keep occurring around natural resources in the country and intimidation, forced evictions and torture are common," said Sarigih. "There are thousands of cases that have not surfaced. Many remain hidden, especially by local authorities," he says.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/25/indonesia-new-corporate-colonialism June 3, 2013 Africa Review
MULTINATIONALS REAPING BIG FROM ABUSIVE FORESTRY PRACTICES IN DRC (CONGO) http://www.africareview.com/Analysis/Multinational-companies-reaping-big-from-DRC-foreste/-/979190/1870906/-/hxc1jf/-/index.html?goback=.gde_125462_member_246771094 June 3, 2013 Forest News
Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic June 9, 2013 Mongabay
BRAZIL MAY LIFT BAN ON AMAZON ETHANOL EXPANSION DRIVING NEW DEFORESTATION http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0609-brazil-amazon-cane-ban.html MASSIVE PALM OIL PLANTATION WILL "CUT THE HEART OUT" OF CAMEROON'S RAINFOREST, DESTROY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE HABITAT http://sco.lt/8lmMBF May 29, 2013 Inter Press Service:
LAND GRABS AND THE BITTER TASTE OF LIBERIA'S PALM OIL PLANTATIONS: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/the-bitter-taste-of-liberias-palm-oil-plantations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter VIDEO: ETHOPIA - LOWER OMO LOCAL TRIBES UNDER THREAT FROM FOREIGN LAND GRABS http://sco.lt/4ixwsT June 2, 2013 The Guardian
HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF THEIR LANDS - Hundreds of Thousands said to have been Displaced http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv FOR MORE ON FOOD CRISIS AND THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB http://www.farmlandgrab.org http://ow.ly/lznWQ January 27, 2013 Economy Watch
LAND GRABBING: 21ST CENTURY COLONIALISM? http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/land-grabs-are-the-21st-century-colonialism.17-01.html CAN UN REDD EVER BECOME GREEN? *** CARBON AND FOREST ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/6uQmif “SUSTAINABLE” PALM OIL SHOULD NOT DRIVE DEFORESTATION http://sco.lt/7N5vU1 PALM OIL ECOCIDE - THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust- ********STUNNING IMAGES******* OF WHAT WE'RE LOSING: THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN INDONESIA'S RAINFORESTS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/25/international-day-for-biological-diversity_n_3332740.html INDONESIA: THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGER' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/62jf3h ORANGUTANS CLING TO LAST REMAINING TREE IN THEIR FOREST AS CORPORATE BULLDOZERS DECIMATE THE LAND http://sco.lt/6aimJ7 ------------------------------- May 13, 2013 DC Bureau
THE EXPANDING SAHARA: DEFORESTATION IN MOROCCO http://www.dcbureau.org/201305138562/bulldog-blog/the-expanding-sahara-deforestation-in-morocco.html May 18, 2013 - Mongabay
DEFORESTATION IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON PACING 88% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S RATE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0518-imazon-sad-update.html?utm_source=feedly 25 Jan 2013 DEFORESTATION RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched woodland, according to data compiled by the... http://planetark.org/wen/67719 May 3, 2013 DC Bureau
BRAZIL'S ATLANTIC FOREST FACES MANY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES http://www.dcbureau.org/201305038493/bulldog-blog/brazils-atlantic-forest-faces-many-environmental-challenges.html MINING, FOREIGN LAND GRABS ENDANGERING ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/5M5eLp WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIME FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3618052038/world-losing-biodiversity-thousand-times-higher-than-natural-extinction-un MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, LEAVING A BIOLOGICAL DESERT http://sco.lt/51ekyH **** TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/8vbBSb **** ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt May 20, 2013 Rainforest Portal - ACTION ALERT: PROTECT PAPUA NEW GUINEA INDIGENOUS FROM CORPORATE RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION - PETITION http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=PNG_indigenous FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE" - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/8q2M41 ===================WATCH --================== WATCH:
*** Lovely VIDEO ON SLOTHS Left Homeless by Deforestation http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/06/for-the-love-of-sloths/ +++PLEASE SHARE THIS AMAZING ORANGUTAN VIDEO - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjoxX_oPsQ&feature=youtu.be April 17, 2014 TreeHugger
CONFUSED KOALA DISCOVERS HIS FOREST HOME HAS BEEN CUT DOWN (PHOTOS) http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/confused-koala-discovers-his-home-has-been-cut-down.html VIDEO: *** SUMATRA, INDONESIA - THE RAINFOREST'S LAST STAND http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2013/may/24/sumatra-indonesia-rainforest-video VIDEO: *** TEN NEWS AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION: PALM OIL ECOCIDE - http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1561454232/palm-oil-ecocide-ten-news-australia-video DON'T MISS THIS AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY WATCH: **** "REMEMBERING 'GREEN'" - AN ORANGUTANS JOURNEY http://sco.lt/6JdIP3 MORE ON INDONESIAN DEFORESTATION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=indonesia+deforestation AND MUCH MORE ON THE CORPORATE RAINFOREST PALMOIL ECOCIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=PALM+OIL+ECOCIDE
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