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Biodiversity offsets and credits: “ecological impacts, land dispossession, loss of livelihoods and systematic violations of individual and…
A neoliberal market that commodifies nature and delays action on the loss of biodiversity globally. What’s not to like?
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Colonial conservation at work: Mangrove replanting in Sénégal for carbon offsets
The Senegalese villagers who did most of the work saw about 5% of the money.
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“Like Apartheid.” Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area protest against forced evictions and loss of basic rights
The government has removed the Ngorongoro division from the voters’ register, denying the Maasai the right to vote.
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If IUCN Coin “does not collaborate with the International Union for Conservation of Nature”, why is the cryptocurrency called IUCN Coin?
And can IUCN’s lawyers really do nothing to prevent this?
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Is IUCN Coin “shaping a greener future”? Is it really “aligned closely with the International Union for Conservation of Nature”?
Or is it just yet another scam from an industry riddled with scams and frauds?
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Oakland Institute and Survival International call on UNESCO and IUCN to cut ties with the Tanzanian government over the most recent human…
The Oakland Institute and Survival International have written to UNESCO and IUCN calling for them to sever ties with the Tanzanian government over the…
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Stop the Racist Conservation Model!
The 2nd Asia Parks Congress starts today in Sabah, Malaysia.
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Massive tree planting schemes are not the answer to the biodiversity and climate crises
In October 2021, the first phase of the postponed Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) took place online.
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Two critiques of REDD in Cameroon, from Forest Peoples Programme and CIFOR
Two new reports look at REDD in Cameroon from slightly different perspectives.
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One trillion tonnes of carbon, REDD, carbon trading and fortress conservation
In October 2009, Oxford University launched trillionthtonne.org – a website that tracks how fast we are approaching total global emissions of one…
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Amazongate: IPCC, climate change denial and science
“Amazongate” is an attempt, largely by climate deniers, to prove that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) got it wrong on the impacts…
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Latin American Indigenous Forum rejects carbon trading
Last week, the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change took place in Costa Rica.
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