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World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Nature is Being Renamed ‘Natural Capital’ – But is it Really the Planet that Will Profit?

"The use of “natural capital” as a noun is becoming increasingly normalised in environmental governance. Recent natural capital initiatives include the World Forum on Natural Capital, described as “the world’s leading natural capital event”, ..."

The Bankers at the Helm of the ‘Natural Capital’ Sector

"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."

Obama to Open Post-presidency Office in World Wildlife Fund Headquarters

Could this move also signal what could be an acceleration of the implementation of payments for ecosystems services (also referred to as the "new economy", "natural capital", the financialization of nature, The Next System, etc.) by the world's most powerful institutions and states?

WATCH: Salmon Confidential [Marine Harvest & WWF, British Columbia]

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 28: Ole Eirik Lerøy, Chairman, and Alf-Helge...

WATCH: Salmonopoly [Marine Harvest & WWF, Chile]

"The risks and catastrophic results of aquaculture. The dirty tricks of powerful billionaires like John Fredriksen, who controls one third of the global salmon production. The WWF who greenwashes the ecological devastation and horrific plunder."

OECD Opens Investigation into WWF in World First

"In an unprecedented move, a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed to investigate a complaint that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has funded human rights abuses in Cameroon, beginning a process which until now has only been used for multinational businesses."

Wildlife Conservationists need to Break out of their Stockholm Syndrome

"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."

Hijacking the Environmental Movement

"Having hijacked the environmental movement on behalf of Wall Street, these false fronts are currently pressing for changes in international law that would give the finance sector carte blanche in privatizing all of nature."

Survival International Accuses WWF of Involvement in Violence and Abuse

"Tribal peoples have been dependent on and managed their environments for millennia. Despite this, big conservation organizations are partnering with industry and tourism and destroying the best conservationists and guardians of the natural world – tribes. They are the environment’s best allies, and should be at the centre of conservation policy."

Celebrity “Activists” Change Everything: UN Forum to Adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The United Nations Private Sector Forum 2015 was held in New York on September 26. The forum was presented by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and 350 leaders from the public and private sectors: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Naomi Klein, Angel Gurría (OECD), Jeffrey Sachs (Natural Capital/privatization of nature), George Soros, Al Gore, Mark Zuckerberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bono (U2), the CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman and many others. This exclusive event is by invitation only.