Much better than an invisiblle " dedicated" tree form the Woodland Trust.
- From: amacmil304@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:39:32 +0000
Letter in the Guardian 15/02/08
"John Vidal is right to raise alarm bells over charities that take
control of land in the developing world in the name of conservation
(The great green land grab, G2, February 13). Such activities rarely
achieve their goals. It is, however, a mistake to group Cool Earth in
this category. We are not in the business of long-term land ownership.
The endangered rainforest that our 17,000 supporters have protected is
placed in community trust for the benefit of local people. This
ensures rainforest communities take the lead in conservation and get
the full benefit of better incomes and security that standing forest
provides. Our supporters get to check the acre of rainforest carbon
they have sponsored is safe on Google Maps, but it is the local
populations that have control of their rainforest and their futures.
All we do is tip the market in favour of forest kept standing rather
than cleared for timber, cattle ranching and biofuels.
Matthew Owen
Director, Cool Earth"
Much better than an invisible "dedicated" tree from the land grabbing
Woodland Trust.
Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk
All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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