REDD "2nd MAY REVOLT" at the UNPFII ( REDD, CDM)

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Background:
Indigenous Peoples representatives and organizations held a protest 2 May 2008 conclusion of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York.
They were angered by the final Climate Change report of the Permanent Forum, which ignored Indigenous Peoples stated concerns about Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
During the two weeks of the UNPFII, Indigenous community representatives testified about the injustices associated with the clean development mechanism projects and asked that the UNPFII not promote the projects. However, in the final report, their testimony was ignored. The final report of the UNPFII hails World Bank-funded carbon trading as "good examples" of partnership.
Carbon trade is a system whereby companies are allowed to emit a limited amount of carbon dioxide, a gas linked to global warming. If a company does not "use up" all its carbon credits, it can sell them on the carbon market, allowing the buyer to pollute more.
Companies can also buy into "carbon offset" schemes. The idea behind this is that the polluter can "offset" the carbon it has emitted by helping to finance a "clean energy" development, or a REDD project.
At first glance these ideas may seem good. However, there are many problems with this market-based approach.
In promoting the clean development mechanism projects and carbon trading, the Permanent Forum is allowing big emitters of greenhouse gases to continue to pollute.
In other words, big corporations can buy and sell the right to pollute.

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[RazorVrakking]

What did anyone think? The World Bank was never set up to help anyone but a small number elite.

[HistoricThirdWard]

Nice to see the media doesn't own all the cameras in the world...

[PROUD NEPALI]

My indigenous brothers and sisters we have to fight against this western disease so call corporate, globalization and industrialization. Greetings from Kirati. native of the Himalayas, Nepal. Like all other indigenous people of the world, my land was invaded by Aryan from northern India in 330AD. Kirat ancient civilization was destroyed and our language, culture and religion were suppressed by these invaders. Today we are fighting back.

watch this video ==> " Kiratas:the Himalayas Race"

[maiwandwal]

carbon trade is a tax on air!

Taxes:

air water food death life - wats left??/ tax on ur spirit bcoz it takes too much energy and room??? perhaps thought tax???

One day we may have some leaders who actually listena and care abt humanity.

Let them speak!!!!!

[Seyoumeye Dracula]

This is a giant step for mankind! It is time to empower the African bushman, the Australian aborigine and many other groups in these initiatives.

[mohtheshmoo]

RazorVrakking discoveriesintl

To rid the world of debt we must rid ourselves of the World Bank and the IMF.

Nations must print their peoples money only and send back all the present World Bank and IMF money to them. This is our full payment back to them and we can deliver all their counterfeit money to their front lawn. All the countries and the world are now out of debt. It is that simple. Force your local politician to start printing the peoples money. Spread this around to everyone.

[academianon]

This story is so inspiring, thank you for posting this.

[discoveriesintl]

this sums up the 'stitch-up' that we are all labouring under on a macrocosmic scale ! when will the 97% wake up and take their power back form the 3% ?

[Indigence]

The Royal Proclamation of 1763, which declared that no one could take possession of Indian Lands unless they had first been ceded or sold by Indian nations to the crown.

The Wabanaki never sold , ceded or surrendered any lands!

[esterhellen4]

Indigenous people are right from the begining about climate change. We should listen to them,they have a better bound with Nature and we can learn a lot from them

Their Chief like Seattle was right and all the other GREAT CHIEFs too 500/600 years ago.Their prophecy is recent and very very true.

Lets learn how to listen and dont fall into the trap of our ancestors made for us,it is the road of desctruction.

Share and unite ready to fight!!

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