Brett Goldsworthy was recently on Today Tonight Adelaide after appearing in court over allegations that he pretended to be terminally ill to avoid paying tax.
Tag: Carbon Offsets
Indigenous Peoples Terra Livre Declaration at Rio +20 rejects REDD
From 15-22 June 2012, 1,800 Indigenous Peoples met at the “Terra Livre Camp”, about two hours from the official Rio +20 meeting. The camp is an annual meeting of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil and neighbouring regions that usually takes place in Brasilia. It was moved this year to take place in conjunction with the Peoples…
Guest Post: REDD and the green economy
REDD and the green economy: “REDD is a mechanism not to cut GHGs, but to deliver new permits to pollute.”
Rio +20: The Earth Summit Débâcle continued
This month sees the 20th anniversary of the UN Conference on Environment and Development. Rio +20 is expected to be the largest event in the history of the United Nations.
Community voices on The Nature Conservancy’s Guaraqueçaba Climate Action Project: “We’re suffering here to help them over there”
“It would be better if we’d never heard of SPVS in this region,” says a farmer in Guaraqueçaba in southeastern Brazil, referring to Brazilian NGO Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educacao Ambiemental. SPVS is the local organisation that The Nature Conservancy hired to run its carbon project.