New report exposes the 'Dark side of conservation' - News from Survival

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New report exposes the 'Dark side of conservation'

Tribal peoples are the best conservationists and guardians of the natural world. Survival's new report reveals how the world's biggest conservation organizations are implicated in their eviction from 'protected areas.'© Selcen Kucukustel/Atlas

‘Parks Need Peoples’ campaign launched during World Parks Congress

A hard-hitting new report launched by Survival International – the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights – reveals how conservation has led to the eviction of millions of tribal people from “protected areas.”

Many of the world’s biggest conservation organizations, including WWF and The Nature Conservancy, are implicated in this issue. And United for Wildlife, set up by Prince William and Prince Harry, does not acknowledge calls to back tribal peoples’ rights to live on their traditional lands and hunt for food.

The launch of the “Parks Need Peoples” report coincides with the World Parks Congress in Sydney, a once-in-a-decade global conference on protected areas conservation, and comes ahead of Prince William and Kate’s launch of United for Wildlife in the United States next month.

Survival’s report shows that nearly all protected areas are, or have been, the ancestral homelands of tribal peoples, who have been dependent on, and managed them for millennia. But in the name of “conservation”:

• Tribal peoples are being illegally evicted from these lands.
• They are accused of “poaching” because they hunt their food.
• They face arrest and beatings, torture and death at the hands of anti-poaching squads.
• Although the tribes have been evicted, tourists, and in some cases even fee-paying big-game hunters, are welcomed in.

Botswana's Bushmen have faced arrest, beatings and torture in the name of 'conservation.'© Survival International

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We're winning again – because of you

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SPECIAL REPORT: We did it! Obama – YES, the President! – spoke out against Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan.1

Paov, just over a month ago, we took your voice and millions of others around the world into a special invite-only White House meeting with Obama’s senior advisers.2

It’s truly only because of your support that we got this opportunity to amplify everyone’s voice.

During our meeting we told Obama’s advisors that the President needed to speak out against Big Telecom’s slow lane plan in the strongest way possible.3

And on Monday, he did exactly what you, me, and over 5.1 million people from 180 countries around the world asked him to do. In a formal address, he said:

“No service should be stuck in a ‘slow lane’ because it does not pay a fee.”4

THIS IS HUGE, and an unbelievable win for Internet users around the world.

Obama’s statement...

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Garden Apprenticeship Deadline TODAY + Permaculture School Update + How To Make Cheese

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Ashevillage Institute: Supporting people who want to work on behalf of the Earth to become Earth Champions.

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ASHEVILLAGE SANCTUARY TEAM: Welcoming an exciting season ahead!

Janell Kapoor, Founder & Co-Director. I appreciate the deepening community, projects coming to completion, new programming, and an organizational restructuring that is clarifying and boosting our work. We'll share updates over the next few months about the changes underway.

Kate Hanford, Garden & Site Manager. I manage the Sanctuary's gardens and food production that contributes to the education and healing that happens at the Sanctuary. I'm also directing an apprenticeship program eco-urban homesteading this coming year.

Quinn Asteak, Hospitality & Program Manager. I'm here to support guests to have magic moments, and hopefully feel inspired to make ecological upgrades in their own homes. I'm also creating programming that I'll be announcing soon!

Carl Fritschel, Building & Site Manager. I'm helping to complete projects at our urban oasis through (natural) building and community engagement. I'm also mentoring apprentices who will be learning about building and infrastructure systems.

Celine Cooper, Outreach & Program Assistant. I'm helping to share the story of this place and inspire visitors to find deeper meaning and more beauty in their lives. I look forward to meeting all the people who will come through here in the year ahead!

Sherman the Cat, Meeter Greeter. I welcome the people who come up the drive. I escort them in and then climb on their laps. And then I purr. Loudly. Come visit!


Read more: www.ashevillage.org/sanctuary-team.
Visit Ashevillage Sanctuary online at www.ashevillage.org/sanctuary.

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Watch this 91-year old veteran defend public services on Remembrance Day

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Have you heard of veteran Harry Smith?

He's just authored a book at 91 -- a rallying cry for young people to fight for the post-WWII gains to the social safety net:

Watch him explain in this short video. Your members might like his message:

http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/why-91-year-old-veteran-fears-were-losing-what-we-won-after-wwii

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CoDev Invite - Holiday Open House

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TPP Trade Talks Must Stop - ITUC OnLine

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine TPP Trade Talks Must Stop Brussels, 11 November 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has called on governments to stop negotiations on the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” agreement, criticising the secrecy and corporate bias in the current negotiations. Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said “This secretive trade deal is good for some multinational corporations, but deeply damaging to ordinary people and the very role of governments. Corporate interests are at the negotiating table, but national parliaments and other democratic actors are being kept in the dark. What we do know, much of it through leaks, is that this proposed deal is not about ensuring better livelihoods for people, but about giving multinational companies a big boost to profits. Governments should shut down the negotiations, and not re-open them unless they get genuine and transparent public mandates at home that put people’s interest in the centre.” The current...

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This week @ rabble.ca: BeenRapedNeverReported becomes a movement

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Hey rabble readers,

The Jian Ghomeshi allegations of sexual abuse have rocked Canada and beyond. At rabble we have opened up dialogue about sexual abuse and rape culture, addressing topics from sexual assault law in Canada to what you can do to call out sexual harassment. You can find all of our coverage and join in the conversation here.

When Antonia Zerbisias tweeted support for the women accusing Jian Ghomeshi of sexual assault by revealing her own experience with sexual assault, she was not aware it would create a movement. In a rabble exclusive, she brings us the story of #BeenRapedNeverReported.

The latest week in Ottawa has seen a continuing blur of federal political events. There was a Federal Court order to restore refugee health coverage, disturbing news on the environment, abuse...

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Harper's Iraq War Plan: Save People by Killing Them?

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1054 .... November 11, 2014
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Harper's Iraq War Plan:
Save People by Killing Them?

Gregory Shupak

The Harper government's plan to send Canadian air power to help combat the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, and possibly Syria, and for Canadian special forces to continue operating there is homicidal, won't achieve its supposed goals and needs to be opposed. Legislation tabled by the federal government on October 3 says that "unless confronted with strong and direct force, the threat ISIL poses to international peace and security, including to Canadian communities, will continue to grow." There is plenty of evidence to suggest that exactly the opposite is true.

James Comey, director of the FBI, told the U.S. Congress that support for IS has increased since the U.S. began the 2014 chapter of its bombing of Iraq. The Guardian puts the number of fighters who have joined IS since the bombing campaign began at 6,000 fighters.

Moreover, there had previously been a split between IS and al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, but the two groups have reconciled in the face of the west's bombing of Syria, which will strengthen both groups and sectarian jihadism more generally.

To say that western states should not be bombing Iraq and Syria is not isolationism and neither does it indicate indifference to the thousands in Iraq and Syria that IS has slaughtered, raped, assaulted and ethnically cleansed. Rather, this position is the only tenable one for people concerned with the inhabitants of the region.

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The fight for a national child care program

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With ChildCare2020 conference coming up later this week in Winnipeg, this is a good time to make the case for a national child care program that is affordable, high-quality.
The latest CCPA study makes the case by presenting the facts.
Here's our latest post on the report. Share on FB if you can:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/how-outrageous-child-care-costs-canada-have-become-0

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Your new council

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Friend --

This is election week and the week that your council for the next four years is set in stone.

Imagine how it would feel if when the ballots are counted Ben Isitt didn't win.

Ben won in 2011 with just under 13% of all the people in the city voting for him. As far as municipal election victories go, this is an incredible mandate for a first-time city councillor.

Remember, 3 incumbent councillors were defeated in 2011.

Imagine if that were to happen this time... 3 incumbent councillors including Ben Isitt defeated again... or even 1: outspoken Ben Isitt defeated?

There is an alternative. This week is the week to lock-in the victory.

Every vote that gets into the ballot box counts. But wanting Ben to win is only enough if we act on it.

Please, take my advice on this, if you have not voted already -- today is the day to vote at City Hall -- until 8 pm.

Losing such an amazing advocate for people and the planet could devastate much of the progress that we have made in this city over the past three years.

Get out and vote today!

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BCSEA E-News: How Climate Smart Are You?

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BCSEA E-News | Wednesday, November 5, 2014
How Climate Smart Are you? How Business Can Cut Their Carbon Pollution and Get 20% Off the Training
By This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Founder and Communication Director

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iPhone Diary, November, 2014

“They’re all doing it - you should too.”

“Doing what?”

“Cutting their carbon!”

“Their what?”

“Their carbon pollution - the stuff that makes the climate crisis worse.”

“Crisis - is it a crisis? I thought it was just change.”

“Oh, fuggedit. Am I hired or fired?”

“Can we make money from it?”

"Van Houtte Coffee Services is saving $8,000 a year following the lighting retrofit they did. 74% of the companies are reporting financial benefits, as well as new customers and increased productivity.

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World Responsible Tourism Day: Survival calls for Botswana boycott - News from Survival

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World Responsible Tourism Day: Survival calls for Botswana boycott

Protestors handed leaflets to visitors to the World Travel Market in London, calling for a boycott of Botswana tourism until the Bushmen are allowed to live in peace on their land. © Sophie Pinchetti/Survival

Supporters of Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, called for a boycott of Botswana tourism at the World Travel Market in London today, over the country’s relentless persecution of Africa’s last hunting Bushmen.

On today’s World Responsible Tourism Day, protestors handed leaflets to visitors to the leading travel industry event, where the Botswana Tourism Organisation is hosting a stall all week. Botswana actively promotes visits to the Bushmen’s ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, while starving the tribespeople off their land by preventing them from hunting.

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Join us for a Webinar about the Make Every Vote Count 2015 campaign

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Join us for a live conversation about the Make Every Vote Count 2015 campaign!

Sunday November 16, 8 PM EST

Register here:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4353548538222176002

We have an historic opportunity to achieve proportional representation in Canada! Learn:

• important background about why we need PR in Canada

• goals and strategies to achieve votes that count

• how you can get involved to help Make 2015 the Last Unfair Election!

This interactive webinar will include a presentation and a chance for participants to ask questions of the presenters.

Joining us as part of the webinar will be:

Dr. Brian Tanguay, Canadian electoral reform expert, member of FVC's Advisory Board, author of the Law Commission of Canada's 2004 report "Voting Counts: Electoral Reform for Canada", which recommended PR.

Kelly Carmichael, Executive Director, Fair Vote Canada

Anita Nickerson, Action Coordinator, Fair Vote Canada

Please share this email with anyone interested in learning more about how we can make every vote count! Register at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4353548538222176002

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New Survey: Half of G20 policies rated as ineffective - ITUC Media Release

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

ITUC Media Release

Embargo 00:01 Wednesday 12 November Melbourne, Australia

14:00 Tuesday 11th November, Central European Time

New Survey: Half of G20 policies rated as ineffective

A new survey of Labour 20 members representing working people in G20 economies has found that 56 per cent of G20 policies are considered ineffective in improving outcomes for working people.

“More than half of G20 policies have failed to have a positive impact on working people with weak action on issues that could have had an impact on workers lives such as jobs, decent wages and social protection,” said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, on the eve of the annual Labour 20 (L20) Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

More than 200 million people were unemployed in 2013, an...

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