No to the financialization of nature
15 August 2014 | Testimonies | Financialization of nature | Land grabbing
A new rural mobilization is building up in Colombia by the organizations that make up the Agrarian Summit, as the result of the Santos’ administration’s failure to comply with the agreements reached. Read more
31 July 2014 | Interviews | Financialization of nature
“The battle over the Brazilian Forest Code is not over. It is an environmental and agrarian struggle. It is a struggle for land grabbed by business, lands conquered by the communities and for which they will now fight”, said Luiz Zarref, leader of the Rural Landless Workers’ Movement of Brazil (MST). Read more
11 July 2014 | Videos | Financialization of nature
“What happens to people when we talk about financialization of nature?”, asked the German activist Jutta Kill, representative of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), in the second conceptual dialogue held the second day of the working meeting organized by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) about the financialization of nature, in Paris, France, on May 26-28. (See the video of the complete second dialogue below). Watch video
7 July 2014 | Videos | Financialization of nature
“The drivers of the commodification of nature are mainly transnational agents and have a direct link with States”, said environmental activist Danilo Urrea of CENSAT Agua Viva – Friends of the Earth Colombia. But Urrea raised an urgent question around this issue: Is there political control over territories? Watch video
6 June 2014 | Interviews | Financialization of nature | Land grabbing
Militarization in Latin America is usually linked to the provision of guarantees for the entrance of corporate actors into the region and has implied processes of community displacements against their ways of living and livelihoods. This phenomenon was analyzed by Nieves Capote, member of Otros Mundos Chiapas – Friends of the Earth Mexico, in an interview with Real World Radio. Read more
4 June 2014 | Interviews | Financialization of nature
The positions and discussions around the economic valuation of nature and the strategies of global capital to control territories and natural heritage are at the center of the focus of different networks and environmental groups who oppose these phenomena. Some of these discussions focus on whether the economic valuation of nature necessarily implies its commodification. Read more
2 June 2014 | Interviews | Financialization of nature
After the first day of the Friends of the Earth International´s meeting on the financialization of nature held in Paris, France, from May 26 to 28, Real World Radio´s correspondent Danilo Urrea interviewed Antonio Tricarico, member of Re:Common, Italy. Read more
3 December 2013 | Interviews | Financialization of nature
The advance of the neoliberal model in the global South as a result of the international division of labor, which leads countries with natural richness to return to producing primary commodities, has caused socio-environmental conflicts. These are the main concern of organizations and social movements. Read more
31 October 2013 | News | Financialization of nature | International Seminar “Food, Water and Energy are not Commodities”
Water privatization and commodification processes were the central issues addressed by the international seminar “Food, Water and Energy are Not Commodities”, held from October 30th to 31st in the Basque Country’s capital, Bilbao. The seminar was organized by the local organization Mundubat and the Movement of People Affected by Dams of Brasil (MAB). Read more
28 January 2013 | Videos | Summit of the Peoples - Santiago de Chile | Financialization of nature | Free Honduras | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay
Colombian activist, Lyda Forero, of the Transnational Institute summarized some of the most important outcomes of the plenary sessions of the Summit of the Peoples and its final declaration. Watch video
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