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Civil Society Sounds Off on IFC Policies in Istanbul

Chad Dobson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Istanbul, Social Justice, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Economic Development, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Financial Institutions, Indigenous Rights, Civil Society, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

One German participant summarized: "The IFC places all of the burden of environmental and social safeguards on the client ... The whole world is re-regulating and you should too."

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Chevron's Spy Games Unraveling

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Corruption, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Ecuador, Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility, Chevron, Indigenous Rights, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

Given the overwhelming scientific evidence against the company, a potential $27 billion judgment possibly a month out, news of the "scandal" was seen by many as a fourth-quarter Hail Mary, if not something more sinister.

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Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia

Chad Dobson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Sustainable-Forestry, Governance, Human Rights, Indonesia, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Finance, World Bank, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Indigenous Rights, International-Financial-Institutions, Reducing Deforestation in Developing Countries, Civil Society, Deforestation, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

The World Bank's current struggle within its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility illustrates the difficulty of building a solid programmatic foundation that incorporates civil society concerns.

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Tragic History Repeats Itself on Brazil's Madeira River

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Rivers, Human Rights, International Development, Water, Brazil, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous People, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

The Madeira dams will not only tear apart the social fabric of these traditional communities, but will devastate fish stocks, Rondônia's principal source of nutrition.

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Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon: How the Media Misrepresents

John Gibler | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Peruvian Amazon, Indigenous Rights, Peru, Amazon, Indigenous People, Wambis, Awajun, World News
John Gibler

The initial media response to the violence obscured the order and nature of events and thus the responsibility for violence, converting a bloody police raid into generic "clashes."

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Why Twinkies Destroy Rainforests and Cook the Planet

Michael Brune | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Fast Food, Sustainable Food, Environment, Food, Climate Change, Rainforests, Indigenous Rights, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Girl Scout Cookies, Green News
Michael Brune

Can we have our cake and our forests too? Palm oil is nearly everywhere -- it's used to produce everything from Cheez-Its, Oreos and Mrs. Fields cookies to Pop Tarts, Cool Whip and Ivory Soap.

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The Biggest Environmental Victory You've Never Heard About

Michael Brune | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Indigenous Rights, Forests, Climate Change, Green News
Michael Brune

On July 14th, the Ontario government agreed to prohibit development on at least half of the remaining wilderness areas in the region's northern boreal forest -- protecting about 56 million acres.

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