Jan 30
20170
Social Engineering, United Nations, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Credit Suisse Framing Holistic Linguistics International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Natural Capital neoliberalism United Nations World Conservation Congress World Wide Fund for Nature World Wildlife Fund
"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”, ..."
"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."
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."