Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 8 – US Attorney, Marcus Asner, currently a lawyer in New York, was a federal prosecutor between 2000 to 2009 in Manhattan, and prosecuted amongst others, the James Bengis South and West coast Rock lobster and Patagonian toothfish […]
Iain Keith, a Senior Campaign Director of Avaaz, a civic organisation that promotes global activism, speaks at COP 20, Lima, Peru on Energy -People Power pushing Positive Change. In a quoted statement: ‘2014 was a turning point year’, Iain Keith elaborates on some of the facts that support this statement, viz; People Power, Renewable Energy […]
Cancun Climate Summit, Mexico, December 2010 – A Chinese Government representative discusses China’s achievements in Renewable Energy provision. They rank number one in the world in Windpower, Hydropower and Nuclear Power installations. Their capacity in Solar generation accounts for half of the installations worldwide at 800MW and their Nuclear Power plants contribute 30.97GW (both development […]
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Conservation International, Natureisspeaking.org, People Need Nature, Nature doesn’t Need People
Dr Gunther Pauli – Global Market Economy causes massive unemployment, dying communities, excessive consumption of junk. We need to re-envision ourselves as locally self-sufficient to protect the environment and social structure
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 19 – Discussion – Global Security and Organised Crime – Inspection of Unseaworthy Vessels leads to uncovering of further crimes such as human trafficking, money laundering. Prosecution of Crimes
Indigenous Environmental Network is a NPO working on behalf of indigenous communities located in areas where Tar Sands are being mined for oil. They are suffering from increasing levels of illness and cancers.
COP16 Speaker exploring the role of religions and the spiritual dimension relative to environment degradation. Judeo-Christian religions justify human dominance. Does humanity outrank the universe in its achievements. The entrenched teachings that nature belongs to humankind and is therefore subservient to mans needs. Did God plan the world purely for mans purposes. 3% of the […]