‘Greening’ of economy, a business ploy
The so-called ‘Green economy’ will intensify the plunder of the world’s
remaining natural wealth and the privatization of critical services,
technologies and products through Public-Private Partnerships and
similar market-driven mechanisms.” – Frances Quimpo, Kaliakasan
Partylist
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Hundreds of environmental activists in the Philippines held
a protest action in front of the United States Embassy to show
solidarity with peoples from other countries during the June 20 Global
Day of Action. The Global Day of Action coincided with the opening of
the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. In Brazil, Filipino
environmentalists, agrarian reform advocates, women’s rights leaders and
progressive economists also led parallel activities at the conference
site in Rio de Janeiro.
The Rio+20 conference is the follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit also
held in Rio de Janeiro that promoted the concept of Sustainable
Development. The Agenda 21 was the summit’s resultant action plan, which
was adopted by the 178 participating governments.
The groups led by the International League of Peoples’ Struggle
(ILPS) and Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan
PNE) challenged world leaders to reverse the prescribed natural resource
and industry privatization and commercialization schemes packaged as
the “greening” of key economic sectors, a business-as-usual approach
that benefit top polluter nations led by the US.
Trying to save face after destroying global ecology
In a statement from Brazil where he is attending counterpart
activities to Rio+20 Conference, Clemente Bautista, national coordinator
of Kalikasan PNE, said the world’s advanced capitalist nations are
trying to save face after 20 years of global ecological destruction and
socio-economic crisis under the banner of sustainable development.
Various groups blasted the lies of ‘green economy.’ (Photo courtesy of Kalikasan-PNE / bulatlat.com)
The activities are sponsored by Ibon International, Rights for Sustainability and Cupula dos Povos..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
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