The U.N’s Green Climate fund has so far received 7.5 million dollars in funds from a small number of countries. What do you think a bunch of dull, grey conference types would do with it? Sure enough they spent it all on their own salaries, offices, travel and finding new ways to be boring. Try to read their catchy slogan without yawning, more in an article at whatsupwiththat.com
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Survival International have launched a tourist boycott of the main highway on India’s Andaman Islands – an illegal road which cuts through the land of the endangered Jarawa tribe. Tour companies and cab drivers ‘attract’ the Jarawa with biscuits and sweets, and the road has turned into a ‘human safari park.’ In the first success…
Land tenure in Uganda is a subject of much dispute, and last year’s farming evictions have left 20,000 homeless [ok so it’s not strictly in the ‘charity’ category, but related] John Vidal, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 September 2011 07.00 BST These people living close to Kicucula village claim to have been evicted from forest land in Mubende…
Tribal peoples are being evicted and destroyed in the name of :conservation”, though they are the best conservationists.
Our non-interference with traditional culture approach is supported again by news that at least one indigenous livestock breed becomes extinct each month as a result of overreliance on select breeds imported from the United States and Europe, according to the study, “The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources,” conducted by the UN Food and…
The world is like a ride. You think it’s real – it’s just a ride And we can change it any time we want It’s only a choice – between fear and love. Bill Hicks
survivalinternational.org Baka in southeast Cameroon face serious abuse at the hands of anti-poaching squads supported and funded by WWF. © Selcen Kucukustel/Atlas UPDATE 16 October: WWF has responded angrily to Survival’s campaign. Read the facts behind the headlines. Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has uncovered serious abuses of Baka “Pygmies” in…