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Sciences-fictions: le 1er septembre, la royal society de Londres rendra public un rapport majeur sur la géoingénierie
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Pour etc group, il faut interdire les essais grandeur nature
La Royal Society, la plus ancienne académie des sciences du monde, s’apprête à rendre public, le 1er septembre 2009 à Londres, un rapport longtemps attendu sur la géoingénierie. On s’attend à ce que le document préparé par des experts, pour la plupart, des partisans enthousiastes de la géoingénierie, contienne des recommandations pour que les pouvoirs publics soutiennent la poursuite des recherches voire des essais grandeur nature de nouvelles technologies controversées permettant la manipulation délibérée du climat terrestre pour atténuer les effets du changement climatique.
Biomassters Battle to Control the Green Economy
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...in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation
The notion of a "great green technological transformation" enabling a "green economy" is now being widely promoted as the key to our planet's survival. The ultimate goal is to substitute the extravtion and refining of petroleum with the transformation of biomass. Who will be in control of the future green economy?
In this joint report, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ETC Group reveal the new "Biomassters" and argue that in the absence of effective and socially responsive governance, the green economy will perpetuate the greed economy.
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Los amos de la biomasa en guerra por el control de la economía verde
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En colaboración con la Fundación Heinrich Böll. Ahora en español
La noción de una “gran transformación tecnológica verde” que posibilitará una “economía verde” se promueve ampliamente como la clave para la supervivencia del planeta. El objetivo final, sustituir la extracción y procesamiento del petróleo por la explotación total de la biomasa. ¿Quién controlará el futuro de esta economía verde?
En este reporte conjunto, la Fundación Heinrich Böll y el Grupo ETC describen quiénes son los “amos de la biomasa” y porqué en ausencia de una gobernanza responsable, la economía verde perpeturá la economía de la avaricia.
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Video: Pat Mooney on Biomass and Synthetic Biology
What is the plan? How will we eat in a time of climate change? Pat Mooney lays out the path of organics and biodiversity, versus big biomass and synthetic biology companies.
Pat Mooney: on Biomass and Synthetic Biology
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No Manipulen la Madre Tierra
Campaña contra la geoingeniería
¡No manipulen la Madre Tierra! es una campaña global para defender nuestro único hogar, el planeta Tierra, contra la amenaza que representan los experimentos de geoingeniería.
La campaña ¡No manipulen la Madre Tierra! ofrece una plataforma común para organizaciones e individuos de todo el mundo para que manifiesten su oposición a los experimentos de geoingeniería. La campaña afirma que los océanos, cielos y suelos de nuestro planeta no deberían ser utilizados como laboratorios para estos “arreglos” tecnológicos injustos y riesgosos.
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Join the HOME (Hands Off Mother Earth) campaign.
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Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E) is a global campaign to defend our one precious home, Planet Earth, against the threat of geoengineering experiments. You can join the campaign at http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org
86% of the world's biomass is located in the global South.
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While from space the planet may look green and rich with biomass, the dirty little secret of the biomass economy is that – just like fossilized carbon reserves (oil, coal, natural gas) – the living carbon reserves are not equally distributed. Worldwide, land-based vegetation stores an estimated 500 billion tonnes of carbon. However 86% of that (430 billion tonnes) is stored in the tropics and sub-tropics, while boreal and temperate eco-regions store only 34 billion tonnes and 33 billion tonnes, respectively.
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ETC Group's View on Biopiracy
ETC Group opposes market monopoly in sectors impacting biodiversity, health and livelihoods in the global South.
ETC Group opposes market monopoly in sectors impacting biodiversity, health and livelihoods in the global South.
The world's largest chemical, energy, agribusiness and pharma companies are investing in Synthetic Biology
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Corporations investing in Synthetic Biology include 6 of the top 10 Chemical Companies, 6 of the top 10 Energy companies, 6 of the top 10 grain traders and the top 7 pharma companies.
Geoengineering
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The Case for Technology Assessment
Although Rio+20 negotiators are discussing marine applications of geoengineering (so-called “ocean fertilization”) in the context of climate change and technological “quick fixes,” the wider issues of geoengineering, including so-called solar radiation management, are not being discussed. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity established a de facto moratorium on all forms of geoengineering in 2010. Nevertheless, some governments are continuing to look toward technological methods of blocking or reflecting sunlight and other planetary system adjustments. Rio+20 should make a firm statement banning geoengineering to prevent a handful of countries -- a new “coalition of the willing” from taking the Earth’s thermostat into their own hands.
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Escalada tóxica en Yucatán
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Escalada tóxica en Yucatán
Setenta organizaciones de apicultores de 24 países, reunidas en la Segunda Conferencia Mundial de Apicultura Orgánica en Chiapas en marzo 2012, demandaron a las secretarías de Agricultura, de Medio ambiente y de Salud detener las siembras de transgénicos en la península de Yucatán, Chiapas y otras regiones con gran producción de miel, en apoyo a los apicultores de esas regiones.
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Pathways To Disruption
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Synthetic Biology's Impact on livelihoods and Sustainable USe of Biodiversity
Due to problems with scale-up, some synthetic biology companies are shifting focus away from biofuels to high-value / low-volume products – especially compounds found in plants (e.g., essential oils, flavours, fragrances, colourants and pharmaceuticals) – which are traditionally cultivated by farming communities in the global South.
If commercially viable, synthetic biology’s patented organisms have the potential to de-stabilize natural product markets, disrupt trade and eliminate jobs.with far-reaching impacts on agricultural economies.
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