Jan 26
20171
350.org / 1Sky, Carbon Markets | REDD, Conservation International, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nature Conservancy, United Nations, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
"Sustainable Capitalism" 350.org Bob Costanza Capital Institute Conservation International Deutsche Bank Generation Investment Global Financial Crisis (GFC) Goldman Sachs. Gretchen Daily Gund Institute for Ecological Economics Gus Speth Hank Paulson Hunter Lovins John Fullerton JPMorgan Mark Tercek Natural Capital Natural Resources Defense Council New Economy New Economy Coalition Paulson Institute Pavan Sukhdev Payments for Ecosystem Services PES Regenerative Capitalism Taylor Ricketts The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) The Nature Conservancy University of Minnesota Wildlife Conservation Society WWF
"Let's put a spotlight on four bankers who positioned themselves in the 'natural capital' sector around the time of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Let's have a look at some of their networks."
Oct 03
20160
Conservation International, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Business & Sustainability Council Chevron Conservation International Extinction ExxonMobil INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS NRG Energy PES Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Shell tourism Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
"Conservationists like me want a world where wildlife has space, where wild places exist, and where we can connect with the wild things. Yet time after time, like captives suffering from Stockholm syndrome, wildlife conservation NGOs placate, please and emulate the very forces that are destroying the things they want to protect."
Oct 24
20131
Conservation International, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, USAID, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Aceh (Indonesia) American Forest and Paper Association AMISCONDE biocolonialism Biodiversity bioprospecting Biotechnology Bolivia BP Brazil CAPISE Cemex Chiapas Chimane Chiquita Citigroup Coca-Cola Colombia Congo Basin Forest partnership Conservation International Energy and Biodiversity Initiative (EBI) Exxon Mobil Foundation Fauna & Flora International Ford GAP Green Imperialism Guyana International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) International Paper J P Morgan Chase and Co. Keystone Foods Madagascar McDonalds Mesoamerican Biological Corridor project Mesoamerican Coral Corridor monoculture Monsanto Moxeno multinational conservation Neocolonialism Nestlé Novartis Palawan (Philippines) Papua New Guinea Peru Rio Tinto Selva Lacandona Shell Smithsonian Institution Sony South Africa Starbucks Statoil Surinam The Nature Conservancy The World Conservation Union (IUCN) United Airlines USAID Wai Wai Walt Disney Wapishana West Papua World Bank World Wide Fund for Nature Zapatistas
"The terms “greenwash” and “corporate front group” seem inadequate to describe Conservation International. Perhaps, as the Papua New Guinean critique puts it, Conservation International is “no more and no less a ‘non government' organisation than is General Electric or Microsoft.” Perhaps it is time to consider a global campaign to expose this ‘green' giant's true colours and put a stop to its operations."
Aug 21
20130
Conservation International, Foundations, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Africa African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) British Petroleum [BP] Conservation International conservation refugees Kenya Mobil Serengeti The Maasai The Nature Conservancy World Wildlife Fund Yosemite National Park
"He also discovered that the large conservation organizations were partnering with corporations that wanted to build oil wells or gas pipelines or mine for minerals on these lands. Originally conservationists were opposed to drilling and mining, but, Dowie says, the lines between the conservation giants and the corporate giants are being blurred: “International conservation organizations remain comfortable working in close quarters with some of the most aggressive global resource prospectors.”
Nov 20
20120
Conservation International, Environmental Defence Fund, Foundations, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Conservation International Conservation International Foundation Environmental Defence Fund Fisheries Marine Stewardship Council Ocean Conservancy Oceans privatization WalMart Walton Foundation World Wildlife Fund
"Over $36 million alone was handed over to "Marine Conservation" grantees including the Ocean Conservancy, Conservation International Foundation, Marine Stewardship Council, World Wildlife Fund and EDF. All of these organizations are notorious for their role in corporate greenwashing efforts across the globe."
"Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) is working with CI to develop and review its sustainability strategy and policies. NGC has also provided CI and its Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network (TEAM) with remote sensing data as part of an effort to monitor long term biodiversity trends. NGC is also a member of CI's Business & Sustainability Council, a community of companies committed to leveraging their business experience and resources to protect nature for the benefit of humanity."
May 01
20120
Conservation International, Nature Conservancy
Conservation International Lockheed Martin Nature Conservancy Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Foundation
C.I. has just cranked up its P.R. machine in service of a new partnership with Northrop, “a unique and innovative professional development program for public middle and high school science teachers.” In a nutshell: The Northrop Grumman Foundation will pay for 16 teachers from four U.S. public school systems to visit CI’s Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network’s Volcan Barva site inside La Selva Biological Station and Braulio Carrillo National Park in Costa Rica. ...
Apr 16
20121
Carbon Markets | REDD, Conservation International, Environmental Defence Fund, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Conservation International Deforestation Forest Stewardship Council FSC Greenpeace Greenwash Nature Conservancy RAN REDD WWF
"Primary forest logging is a crime against Earth, the human family and all life - and those doing the logging, profiting and greenwashing the ecocide are dangerous criminals - who must be stopped and brought to justice. There is a zero chance of protecting and ending first time industrial logging of primary rainforests when the NGO Old Forest Sell-Outs say it is sustainable, even desirable, and continue to greenwash FSC old growth timber markets – now to be expanded with potential REDD funding – providing crucial political cover and PR for forest ecocide through their presence in the organizations."
"Conservation International is certainly no stranger to controversy. With annual revenues upwards of $77 million last year, you could say that CI is to environmentalism as Starbucks is to coffee: a green machine. In their 2010 annual report, Conservation International calls the results of their partnership with Starbucks in Chiapas "one of the first and most notable corporate engagements to address climate change." But outside the feel good gloss of annual reports and promotional videos, the relationship between CI and Starbucks isn't quite so transparent."
Feb 14
20120
350.org / 1Sky, CIDOB | Confederation of Indigenous People of Bolivia, Conservation International, Democracy Centre, Nature Conservancy, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, USAID, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
350.org ADRA Bolivia Amazon Watch Avaaz Bolivia CARE Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN) Initiative of the Conservation of the Andean Amazon Non-profit Industrial Complex Rainforest Alliance The Democracy Center The Nature Conservancy USAID World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
"I am convinced that some NGOs, especially those funded by the USAID, are the fifth column of espionage in Bolivia, not only in Bolivia, but also in all of Latin America," Morales said during a press conference in Oruro, a southwestern Bolivian city. Morales said the United States, through the cover of development aid operations of those organizations, knows "all the details of the activities of the social sectors and union leaders" in those Latin American countries. The president regretted that some union leaders were allegedly used by these NGOs to stir disputes such as the one over a highway project in an indigenous territory in his country.