“REDD+ is not just a false solution to the urgent and critical problem of climate change. It reinforces the corporate food and farming system that is largely responsible for climate change and undermines the food and agricultural systems of peasants and indigenous peoples that can cool the planet.”
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Scott Poynton: “Certification isn’t working and is, in fact, part of the problem”
Earlier this year Scott Poynton published a book titled “Beyond Certification”. This post looks at his criticism of certification (particularly of the Forest Stewardship Council) in the hope of facilitating more debate on the topic, and ultimately encouraging more people to look “Beyond Certification”.
Introducing LifeMosaic’s “Territories of Life: A video toolkit for indigenous peoples about land and rights”
LifeMosaic has produced an excellent new series of 10 videos, sharing “stories of resistance, resilience and hope with communities on the frontline of the global rush for land”. The video series is titled, “Territories of Life: A video toolkit for indigenous peoples about land and rights”.
Sustainable Development Goals: Madness, false hopes and verbal fudge
At the end of last month, the Sustainable Development Goals were launched in New York. One of the goals is to eliminate poverty by 2030. This is to be achieved by continued economic growth.
A message to the UNFCCC: To stop climate crimes, leave fossil fuels in the ground
“Concretely, governments have to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, and to freeze fossil fuel extraction by leaving untouched 80% of all existing fossil fuel reserves.” That’s the demand in a statement signed by Naomi Klein, Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky and Vandana Shiva.