Towars Rio+20
our call is: "Forests are not for sale"

Join the struggle in favor of the rights of women and men over their territories, community forestry, food sovereignity, social and environmental justice and against Green Economy, commodification and financialization of nature

 



The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice during Rio+20  is an event organized by global civil society that will take place between the 15th and the 23rd of June at Flamengo, in Rio de Janeiro – alongside the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Rio+20.

 

Final declaration
People’s Summit “at Rio+20” for Social and Environmental
Justice

in defence of the commons, against the commodification of
life

Also avalable in Spanish, French and Portuguese

 

FUELLING THE DEBATE

Rio+20 shows that corporate power is limitless

Continuing our struggles

What is at stake at Rio+20

From Rio to Rio: The path they have stolen from us

Sustainable Energy for All – or another scheme to increase energy corporation profits?

The Green Economy according to FAO: More “green deserts”

The Big Greenwash Circus

Economía verde. El asalto final a los bienes comunes
Publicación realizada en forma conjunta por la Alianza Biodiversidad, el Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques Tropicales (WRM) y Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y El Caribe (ATALC). El informe trata sobre la profundización de la crisis climática y ambiental y de cómo gobiernos y empresarios buscan convertirla en una posible área de negocios nueva a la que se le denomina “economía verde”.
Junio de 2012
- Only available in Spanish

New edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter
In this issue: Some material to understand the Rio +20 talks.

Special WRM Bulletin on Environmental Services - February 2012 Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

From Durban back to Rio+20: What about our agenda? - January 2012 Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

The Green Economy: the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing - By Edgardo Lander, Transnational Institute, November 2011

Who will control the Green Economy? - As governments prepare to sanction a Green Economy at Rio+20, ETC Group provides an update on corporate power and warns that the quest to control biomass will perpetuate the Greed Economy - By ETC Group, November 2011

El cuento de la economía verde - ALAI, Amércia Latina en movimiento, setiembre 2011 Only available in Spanish

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

People’s Summit web site

People’s Summit: what it is and what it is not

How to participate



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