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In Hana Mursi, the main town of the Bodis, the government plans to settle 300 000 people from all over Ethiopia over the next few years; Along with the workers and soldiers, AIDS and Hepatitis B are coming too; The Bodi tribespeople do not want to give up their traditions and their land to allow the new sugar cane plantations irrigated by the water of Gibe 3 dam, and live in the settlements planned by the government; If the Konso tribe attempts to set foot on their land with the support of the government, clashes will erupt as the Bodi elders predict;© Eric Lafforgue
Ethiopia is an East-African country bordered by Djibouti, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan and Kenya ; It is the second most populous nation on the African continent with 84,3 million people ; The country is a multilingual and multiethnic society of around 80 groups, with the two largest being the Oromo and the Amhara, both of which speak Afro-Asiatic languages ; The majority of the population is Christian while a third of it is Muslim ; Despite the fact that the country is recovering quite well after a series of famines in the 1980s, the gap between cities and rural areas is still striking ; Recently oil has been found in the area;
© Eric Lafforgue
Ile-a-Vache -- The "Master Plan" for the Haitian Peasant's displacement at the hands of the US/Obama puppet government of Martelly/Lamothe.
These Haitian peasants won't play ball. The attempted displacement of the inhabitants of Ile-a-Vache by the US puppet government of Martelly/Lamothe.
Ile-a-Vache's literal meaning in English is "Cow Island."
Corporate land-and-water grabs that threaten to rob Africa's people of their waters, rainforests, and arable lands? Secretive land-grabbing by foreign powers and entities? Land grabs that leave tribes in Ethiopia hungry on World Food Day? International competition to export Afica's inheritance away? (There are scores of available online articles on the above topics.)
The above are foreign factors that threaten Africa's future and sustainability - and then, in addition, there are Africa's indigenous challenges that threaten both its present and its future (see comments section below for more on these factors).
September 10, 2018 - San Francisco, CA - Parc55 Hotel
Hundreds gathered outside the site of the Governors' Climate and Forest Task Force meeting leading up to the Global Climate Action Summit.
From the Indigenous and Frontline communities organizing this protest: "People of the world are being led astray by polluting industries and elected officials promoting climate capitalist systems like carbon trading and carbon tax shell games. These systems do nothing to stop the fossil fuel industry from continuing to cause climate disruption. They allow the fossil fuel industry to continue to harm Indigenous people and communities around the world from extraction to transport to refining."
"Today hundreds helped us demand that our Indigenous representatives from tribes and organizations that are resisting cap and trade schemes, and instead promoting real solutions be allowed to address the Governor's Climate and Forests Task Force at the Parc 55 Hotel. Their voices were heard and they were given a chance to speak the truth [of] the tribal groups being courted by those promoting carbon trading in the place of real solutions to climate change."
This action was organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Indigenous Environmental Network, It Takes Roots, Diablo Rising Tide, Indigenous Bloc at RISE Days of Action, and Indigenous Rising Media.
Ethiopia is an East-African country bordered by Djibouti, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan and Kenya ; It is the second most populous nation on the African continent with 84,3 million people ; The country is a multilingual and multiethnic society of around 80 groups, with the two largest being the Oromo and the Amhara, both of which speak Afro-Asiatic languages ; The majority of the population is Christian while a third of it is Muslim ; Despite the fact that the country is recovering quite well after a series of famines in the 1980s, the gap between cities and rural areas is still striking ; The country is currently under transformation as roads and electric networks are being built;
© Eric Lafforgue
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One day BIDCO, a Kenyan company, arrived and told him that the land was now theirs and he would have to vacate it. Within days, bulldozers turned up and flattened the ancient forest and, with it, his coffee plantation.
The company offered him one million shillings (€300) and one acre of land, later changed to three acres and no money, but he refused.
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John Muyiisha y su comunidad en Kalangala, Uganda, perdieron su tierra. Un día, la empresa keniata BIDCO llegó y les dijo que la tierra ya no les pertenecía. Vinieron con excavadoras y aplanaron el antiguo bosque y con él las plantaciones de café de John.
La empresa plantó palma aceitera en su lugar. Al quedarse con tan solo 1 hectárea de tierra para sobrevivir, John y su comunidad ahora luchan por el derecho a su tierra.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
Five Fingers of The Same Hand
The Israeli West Bank barrier is a separation barrier being constructed by the State of Israel along and within the West Bank. Upon completion, the barrier’s total length will be approximately 760 kilometres (470 mi) (twice the length of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) between the West Bank and Israel). The barrier is a fence with vehicle-barrier trenches surrounded by an on average 60 metres (200 ft) wide exclusion area (90% of its length), and an 8 metres (26 ft) tall concrete wall (10% of its length). The barrier is built mainly in the West Bank and partly along the 1949 Armistice line, or "Green Line" between Israel and Palestinian West Bank. 12% of the West Bank area is on the Israel side of the barrier.
In a 2005 report, the United Nations stated that:
“...it is difficult to overstate the humanitarian impact of the Barrier. The route inside the West Bank severs communities, people’s access to services, livelihoods and religious and cultural amenities. In addition, plans for the Barrier’s exact route and crossing points through it are often not fully revealed until days before construction commences. This has led to considerable anxiety amongst Palestinians about how their future lives will be impacted...The land between the Barrier and the Green Line constitutes some of the most fertile in the West Bank. It is currently the home for 49,400 West Bank Palestinians living in 38 villages and towns.[45]”
— Introduction UN report Pg4
Selten, dass man so nah rankommt! Er akzeptierte unsere Anwesenheit für mehrere Minuten. Landgraben im Büttelborner NSG Bruchwiesen.
STAND WITH COMMUNITIES, NOT CORPORATIONS
September 13, 2018 - As the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) begins, Indigenous and frontline communities continue to send Governor Brown and those attending the summit the message - stand with communities, not the climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry.
From the organizers:
"Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities and Native nations, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world.
Such perverse subsidies for “climate capitalism” will turn frontline communities into sacrifice zones for decades to come."
Today's action began at Jessie Park with a march to Moscone Center, the site of the summit. In a return appearance, 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area blocked intersections to create a safe space for the protesters outside the summit.
This weeks actions have been organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, the Ruckus Society, It Takes Roots, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sunflower Alliance and Brown's Last Chance.
Maßwerk im Fenster der alten Gutsbrennerei
Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wird auf dem Gutsgelände eine Brennerei errichtet, in der etwa 100 Jahre lang Schnaps gebrannt wird.
Seit 2006 ist hier wieder ein Brennmeister tätig, der regionale Früchte nach alter Tradition zu Edeldestillaten verarbeitet.
In der Brennerei arbeiten eine Rohbrandanlage mit Cognac-Helm (300 Liter) und eine Feinbrandanlage mit vier Glockenböden (150 Liter), die zum Abtrennen von Vor- und Nachlauf dient.
Mittlerweile hat sich die Gutsbrennerei Schloss Zinzow zu einem Geheimtipp für Gourmets entwickelt; ihre Spirituosen genießen einen exzellenten Ruf in der Edelgastronomie. Sie wagt sich dabei auch an Sorten, die als schwierig gelten, z.B. Schlehengeist, Quittenbrand, Blaubeergeist und Himbeerbrand. Und so etwas wie den Zinzower Zitronengeist sucht man woanders wohl vergeblich.
Während der Öffnungszeiten können das Gebäude und die Brennanlage besichtigt und natürlich die diversen handdestillierten Brände, Geiste und Liköre verkostet werden.
Chinese sugar factory billboard, Omo valley, Mago park, Ethiopia , Camera: ILCE-7RM2 , f5.0 , 1/1250 , 85.0 mm , ISO 100 , © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
Im Hintergrund einer der erhaltenen Pferdeställe (um 1900)
Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wird auf dem Gutsgelände eine Brennerei errichtet, in der etwa 100 Jahre lang Schnaps gebrannt wird.
Seit 2006 ist hier wieder ein Brennmeister tätig, der regionale Früchte nach alter Tradition zu Edeldestillaten verarbeitet.
In der Brennerei arbeiten eine Rohbrandanlage mit Cognac-Helm (300 Liter) und eine Feinbrandanlage mit vier Glockenböden (150 Liter), die zum Abtrennen von Vor- und Nachlauf dient.
Mittlerweile hat sich die Gutsbrennerei Schloss Zinzow zu einem Geheimtipp für Gourmets entwickelt; ihre Spirituosen genießen einen exzellenten Ruf in der Edelgastronomie. Sie wagt sich dabei auch an Sorten, die als schwierig gelten, z.B. Schlehengeist, Quittenbrand, Blaubeergeist und Himbeerbrand. Und so etwas wie den Zinzower Zitronengeist sucht man woanders wohl vergeblich.
Während der Öffnungszeiten können das Gebäude und die Brennanlage besichtigt und natürlich die diversen handdestillierten Brände, Geiste und Liköre verkostet werden.
Beat 1224 consists of several distinctly different neighborhoods. First there is the Hospital District of Cook County, which is home to Cook County Hospital, the University of Illinois Hospital campus, Rush Medical Center, the West Side V.A., and assorted clinics and research labs. Another popular destination is the Fishbein Institute: better known as the Cook County Morgue.
Secondly, there is Little Italy, a broad est-west corridor centered on Taylor Street, now enjoying a renaissance of sorts, buoyed by a few dozen popular restaurants, sandwich shops, pizzerias, and delicatessen.
This area has long been targeted for future development, and there are a number of influential land speculators, real estate developers and politicians, who are always scheming and pulling strings for their personal benefit, and fuck everybody else.
Right now, what's holding them back is the presence of a number of Public Housing Developments, not the 16-story behemoths, but 3 or 4-story walk-ups, spread throughout the area in clusters of three or four buildings. Although they are eyesores, they are more of a nuisance than a menace, and their residents are generally held in check, outnumbered and outgunned by their Italian neighbors, who are extremely vigilant when it comes to protecting life and property. If and when they do clash, our job usually involves rescuing the offender from his victims.
The third and final segment of Bt. 1224 is a 5-block wide swath of slums, running west from Ashland to Western, between Roosevelt Road and the railroad tracks along 15th Street. Consisting of dilapidated apartment buildings and brick bungalows, its population is 100% Black, impoverished and desperate. Those who might be motivated to seek legitimate employment are usually turned away due to their criminal records and lack of education.
To survive from one day to the next, most rely on a mixture of Public Aid, narcotics trafficking, prostitution, and general thievery. The sprawling parking lots of the Hospital District, and a major railroad terminal and cargo transshipment and storage yard, offer plenty of opportunities for enterprising young criminals: electronics, bicycles, firearms and just about anything else that can be packed into a cargo container, are just sitting there for the taking.
Since the containers are not marked on the outside, their contents can only be determined by breaking the lock and looking inside. Sometimes it will be TV sets, another it may be men's underwear. The good stuff usually disappears without a trace, like the shipment of 480 Lorcin seme-automatic pistols, which took us years to recover, one or two at a time.
When I inherit Bt. 1224 in the Spring of 1991, its southern third is already marked for destruction. The signs are all around, with dozens of abandoned buildings, and an epidemic of suspicious fires, as building owners realize that their insurance pay-outs far exceed what's being offered by the shady characters who offer quick cash for a quick sale.
There's a widespread belief that the University of Illinois is buying up all it can, with the blessing of City Hall, using the threat of imminent domain to convince owners of the need to sell now, usually for a fraction of the property's future value.
In the Fall of 1991, when we're invertigating a burglary at a local architectural firm, we come across a scale model of that particular part of our beat. It offers us a glimpse of the future.
In the model, everything has been demolished, except for the Public School at 13th and Damen Avenue. The lot directly north of there at Roosevelt Road, is marked "Illinois State Police Crime Lab," even though that corner lot currently consists of apartment buildings, making it the most densely populated block on our Beat.
The speculators, politicians, and bankers have long since sealed the fate of the people that live there now, without any warning or explanation of what the future holds for them: it's urban renewal, Chicago style.
Yet even without a warning from up high, the signs are unmistakable, as the City fulfills its part of the deal with a massive infrastructure improvement project. City workers bulldoze dozens of vacant buildings and put in brand-new 8-foot sewer pipes, repave the streets, and put in new curbs.
The current residents have been displaced before, shuffled from one neighborhood to another, always one step ahead of the wrecking ball. They can move into the Projects, temporarily anyway, for they are slated for destruction as well. In the meantime, they survive by imposing a "wealth tax" of their own...
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As police officers we take pride in the difference we can make in the everyday lives of people, allowing them to raise a family without fear of being victimized by the "criminal element."
Unfortunately, we can only protect you from "petty criminals." The deals that may seal the fate of your family home, your whole neighborhood, may be determined by that same unholy alliance of politicians, real estate developers and bankers, if there's a way to line their pockets at your expense.
You have also lived through the destruction of the Middle and Working Class in America since 2007. You should know by now that the mega-criminals who robbed us of Trillions of Dollars, are never going to see the inside of a jail cell: they are untouchable, and they are alive and well, to steal from us again, perhaps on an even grander scale.
It's easy to dismiss the bulldozing of Bt. 1224 as "urban renewal," tearing down a slum, getting rid of the "scum" that lived there in squalor. And not just that: they're Black, so "what do you expect from people like that, right?"
Trust me, the fact that they were African American, poor, uneducated and lacked political sophistication, may have sped up the process, but that's about it. The only thing that really mattered, was that they were occupying a piece of property that held millions of dollars in unrealized potential. In other words, they had to be removed so the Fat Cats could make a buck...
7 November 2019. 1 Ashley Road, Tottenham, London N17.
The words in black are my added comment. The real wording on the advertising board reads:
" ... much needed homes for Haringey and for London".
I have neither the skills, nor the courage to - illegally - add a comment on this hoarding in Ashley Road. But tweeting a comment and adding an "amendment" to a photo isn't (yet) against UK law.
It refers to processes underway in large cities across the world.
In London we share some of the same terms as other places - words like gentrification and social cleansing. Phrases such as the "financialisation of housing" - in other words the switch from housing as homes, to buildings as investments. Flats/apartments become like safety deposit boxes in a tower. (Which may not even be used as anyone's home, but left empty.)
There's a linked issue. Who can afford to buy or rent in London? The wording: "Working with Haringey Council" and supported by Mayor of London are both bitter jokes as our homelessness crisis worsens.
More people "sleeping rough". And there are "hidden" homeless, including families having to move temporary rented homes every few months. Or those forced out of the city.
Many more people are begging. It's like a distorted version of a traditional English nursery rhyme: some are in rags, some in (sleeping) bags. Though the corporate beggars in velvet gowns have done well from their handouts of public cash and landgrabs to benefit private profit.
Dyett High School is scheduled to close at the end of this academic year, when it is expected to graduate its last handful of students.
Dyett has failed academically for many years, but many in the community oppose its closing, in spite of its lackluster academic track record and outdated facilities.
Designed by David Haid, a protege of Mies van der Rohe, the prophet who ushered in Chicago's glass and steel building boom. Dyett was built in 1972 at 555 E. 51st Street, in Washington Park.
It is that location that I find most fascinating. There's a very lively discussion going on in Chicago over the coming of the Obama Presidential Library. It has sparked a vigorous competition between the West Side locations advanced by the University of Illinois, and the South Side tracts of land identified by the University of Chicago. Generally speaking, the South Sideers should have the inside track, but the University of Chicago does not own the land where it hopes to construct the Obama library: they are all located on Park District-owned land, in Jackson Park and Washington Park, the two supreme jewels of the South Side.
Whenever you plan to disturb a single blade of grass in either one of these parks, you're in for a fight. The Friends of the Park oppose any such "land grab." They will oppose any Obama-in-the-Park scheme in the courts, and, if that fails, they will probably chain themselves to trees, as they did in Jackson Park a few decades ago, to oppose an expansion of the Jackson Park Golf Course.
The impending demise of Dyett High School raises all kinds of questions and possibilities. For one, if the land in Washington Park is so sacred, how did Dyett High School get in there? And, while we're at it, how did the Illinois National Guard Armory and the DuSable Museum get in there? Both of those institutions occupy land along the west side of Cottage Grove, on the eastern edge of Washington Park.
Now, I may suffer from delusions of grandeur when it comes to my skills as a city-planner, but it would seem to me that we have an easy solution staring us in the face: build the Obama Library where Dyett is now.
Here we have a school that is failing in its primary mission, and one that will require millions to renovate, money the CPS does not have. Instead, CPS can rid itself of a controversial school and collect millions of dollars that can be put to good use elsewhere in the system.
By using the Dyett site, the Obama Library would not disturb any new park land, which should get the Friends of the Park off our back, and the Obamas would be even closer to the Library from their home in Kenwood.
The neighborhood outcry over the closing of Dyett High School would also be eased by using its land for the Obama Library. In fact, I believe the Obama Library is the only thing you can build where Dyett is now, that would leave the locals feeling like they got a great deal.
So, why has nobody seen this as a viable solution? Who knows, maybe they have, but their ideas have gone unnoticed, as mine usually are. Maybe there's some compelling reason why this is a terrible idea. If you know of one, let me know. If you agree with me, help spread the word, and let's get this thing built on the South Side!
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Reokadia Nakaweesa Nalongo, 65, and husband Deziderio, 75, have six children and four grandchildren.
Riokadia farms four acres of land that belong to the local church. She is angry about the way BIDCO has not only destroyed the forest but also restricted her access to fire wood. She says all the surrounding forest has been cut down.
The wood that lays on the ground is now rotting and when her children attempt to gather some for cooking, the company employees chase them away.
With increased levels of poverty, due to access to land, many people are now turning to charcoal production as a form of income generation, further contributing to deforestation.
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Reokadia Nakaweesa Nalongo tiene 65 años y su esposo Deziderio tiene 75. Tienen seis hijos y cuatro nietos.
Reokadia cultiva una hectárea y media de tierra que pertenece a la iglesia local. Está enfadada por el modo en que BIDCO no solo destruyó el bosque sino que además le restringió el acceso a la madera para leña. Dice que todo el bosque de alrededor ha sido talado.
La madera que queda en el suelo comienza a pudrirse y cuando sus hijos tratan de juntar un poco para cocinar, los empleados de la empresa los persiguen.
A raíz del incremento de la pobreza, provocado por el acceso a la tierra, mucha gente ahora se dedica a la producción de carbón como forma de generar ingresos, lo que empeora la deforestación.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
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Fred Mpofu, 56, is from Buyoga village, Kalangala. With his five children he farms mangoes, passion fruits, oranges, bananas, cassava, coffee, pigs and chicken.
Passionate about farming, he holds regular meetings to try and encourage people to experiment with different mango species.
Fred is devastated by the rate of deforestation throughout the island and is trying to encourage other farmers to become more dynamic in their agricultural practices.
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Fred Mpofu tiene 56 años y es del pueblo de Buyoga, Kalangala. Tiene cinco hijos y cultiva mangos, maracuyás, naranjas, bananas, mandioca, café y cría cerdos y gallinas.
Le apasiona la agricultura y realiza reuniones frecuentes para intentar alentar a la gente a experimentar con diferentes especies de mangos.
Fred está muy mal por el índice de deforestación en la isla y está tratando de alentar a otros productores a que sean más activos en sus prácticas agrícolas.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
1908 lässt Maximilian Michael Georg Graf von Schwerin (1872-1934) das Herrenhaus als repräsentativen Landsitz im Neobarockstil errichten und von dem schwedischen Architekt und Gartengestalter Carl Gustav Svensson (1861–1910) einen weitläufigen Landschaftspark anlegen.
Nach der Enteignung 1945 wird das Herrenhaus bis 1997 von der Gemeinde vorwiegend zu Wohnzwecken genutzt.
1998 findet das Gut einen privaten Käufer, der das Herrenhaus fachgerecht sanieren und den Landschaftspark rekultivieren lässt.
Für die aufwändige denkmalgerechte Restaurierung erhalten die Eigentümer 1999 den Bundespreis "Handwerk in der Denkmalpflege".
Heute stehen hier Ferienwohnungen und Räumlichkeiten für Hochzeiten und andere Veranstaltungen zur Verfügung; in einem kleinen Hofladen werden regionale Produkte angeboten.
Auch der Park kann besichtigt werden.
In der alten Gutsbrennerei werden seit 2006 wieder handdestillierte Brände, Geiste und Liköre hergestellt, die vor Ort verkostet werden können.
Auch der Arbeitspferdestall und ein Wagenpferdestall - beide um die Jahrhundertwende erbaut - wurden umfassend saniert. Im ehemaligen Wagenpferdestall sind wieder Pferde untergebracht, der Arbeitspferdestall bietet eine außergewöhnliche Kulisse für Veranstaltungen wie etwa die regelmäßig stattfindenden Frühjahrs- und Herbstmärkte.
Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wird auf dem Gutsgelände eine Brennerei errichtet, in der etwa 100 Jahre lang Schnaps gebrannt wird.
Seit 2006 ist hier wieder ein Brennmeister tätig, der regionale Früchte nach alter Tradition zu Edeldestillaten verarbeitet.
In der Brennerei arbeiten eine Rohbrandanlage mit Cognac-Helm (300 Liter) und eine Feinbrandanlage mit vier Glockenböden (150 Liter), die zum Abtrennen von Vor- und Nachlauf dient.
Mittlerweile hat sich die Gutsbrennerei Schloss Zinzow zu einem Geheimtipp für Gourmets entwickelt; ihre Spirituosen genießen einen exzellenten Ruf in der Edelgastronomie. Sie wagt sich dabei auch an Sorten, die als schwierig gelten, z.B. Schlehengeist, Quittenbrand, Blaubeergeist und Himbeerbrand. Und so etwas wie den Zinzower Zitronengeist sucht man woanders wohl vergeblich.
Während der Öffnungszeiten können das Gebäude und die Brennanlage besichtigt und natürlich die diversen handdestillierten Brände, Geiste und Liköre verkostet werden.
To meet demand for food, fuel and wood, countries are snapping up property beyond their borders. Produced for Scientific American magazine
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Some of the men and their machines on a newly cleared site of hundreds of acres by the lakeside. This land assumed by locals to be common land and therefore for public use was all of a sudden in the hands of the plantation owner, BIDCO.
Locals were shown a piece of paper and told that BIDCO were now the new owners. Many people were invited to a meeting where they were given between 5’000 and 7’000 shillings (€1.5- €2) and then asked to sign for it. Their signatures have now been used to prove that compensation for the land has been given.
Within three months the forest was destroyed, trees felled and pushed into the ground to rot and provide nutrients for the soils.
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Algunos de los hombres y sus máquinas en un lugar de cientos de hectáreas que fue talado cerca del lago. Esta tierra es considerada por los locales como tierra comunal y por lo tanto puede ser de uso público. De un momento a otro pasó a manos del dueño de la plantación, BIDCO.
Le mostraron un trozo de papel a los habitantes de la isla y les dijeron que BIDCO era ahora el nuevo propietario. Muchas personas fueron invitadas a una reunión donde les dieron de 5.000 a 7.000 chelines (1,5 a 2 euros) y luego les pidieron que firmaran. Las firmas fueron utilizadas para demostrar que se les dio compensación por la tierra.
El bosque fue destruido en tres meses. Tiraron árboles abajo y los dejaron pudrirse en el suelo y así proporcionar nutrientes al suelo.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
No false solutions / no carbon markets action at COP26 in Glasgow, 5 November
#CarbonMarkets allow countries and corporations to continue polluting on the pretext of reducing emissions elsewhere - through tree planting, carbon credits or pursuing unproven technologies to suck carbon out of the air. It sounds like a magical solution BUT it's not!
In reality, carbon markets are dangerous. They delay real climate action & emissions cuts, and spell landgrabs & huma rights violations for global south communities. The way #COP26 talks are currently going, a markets agreement risks an actual rise in emissions.
We don't have any more time to waste on fairy tales and empty promises! #CarbonMarkets and distant #NetZero pledges will not deliver the deep and justice-centred energy transition we urgently need.
At #COP26 we say #NoCarbonMarkets, no #NetZero. No more carbon unicorns!
© Hanae Takahashi/Friends of the Earth Japan
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Franco Ssemwogerere, 52, farms five acres of land. With this land he bought up nine children and wanted for nothing more than his land and family.
Recently he was invited to a meeting and given 5000 shillings (€1.50), he assumed it was for attending. The plantation owners asked him to sign a piece of paper to say he had received the money which he did.
He was later told that the company had bought his land and the money was compensation for his loss of income.
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Franco Ssemwogerere, tiene 52 años, cultiva 2 hectáreas de tierra. En esta tierra crió a sus nueve hijos y no necesitaba nada más que su tierra y su familia.
Hace poco fue invitado a una reunión y le dieron 5,000 chelines (1,5 euros). Pensó que el dinero era por asistir. Los dueños de la plantación le pidieron que firmara un papel para decir que había recibido el dinero, y lo hizo.
Más tarde le dijeron que la empresa había comprado su tierra y que el dinero era la compensación por su pérdida de ingresos.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
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Reokadia Nakaweesa Nalongo, 65, and husband Deziderio, 75, have six children and four grandchildren.
Riokadia farms four acres of land that belong to the local church. She is angry about the way BIDCO has not only destroyed the forest but also restricted her access to fire wood. She says all the surrounding forest has been cut down.
The wood that lays on the ground is now rotting and when her children attempt to gather some for cooking, the company employees chase them away.
With increased levels of poverty, due to access to land, many people are now turning to charcoal production as a form of income generation, further contributing to deforestation.
ES
Reokadia Nakaweesa Nalongo tiene 65 años y su esposo Deziderio tiene 75. Tienen seis hijos y cuatro nietos.
Reokadia cultiva una hectárea y media de tierra que pertenece a la iglesia local. Está enfadada por el modo en que BIDCO no solo destruyó el bosque sino que además le restringió el acceso a la madera para leña. Dice que todo el bosque de alrededor ha sido talado.
La madera que queda en el suelo comienza a pudrirse y cuando sus hijos tratan de juntar un poco para cocinar, los empleados de la empresa los persiguen.
A raíz del incremento de la pobreza, provocado por el acceso a la tierra, mucha gente ahora se dedica a la producción de carbón como forma de generar ingresos, lo que empeora la deforestación.
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Immelda Nabirimu from Buswa village farms 2.5 acres of sweet potatoes, cassava, banana, yams and goats. Her husband is a labourer for BIDCO, the company behind the plantation.
Together they have nine children. The family have been threatened by BIDCO representatives who say that the land is theirs and want her to move away.
Land speculators are constantly looking for land to sell or lease to the company, everyone’s land or right to land is under scrutiny. The hunger for profit is starting to tear apart a society that previously relied on subsistence farming.
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Immelda Nabirimu del pueblo de Buswa cultiva 1 hectárea de boniatos, mandioca, camote y cría cabras. Su esposo es un trabajador de BIDCO, la empresa que maneja la plantación.
Tienen nueve hijos. La familia ha recibido amenazas de representantes de BIDCO que dicen que la tierra es suya y que quieren sacarlos de allí.
Los especuladores de tierra están constantemente en busca de tierra para vender o alquilar a la empresa, la tierra de todos o el derecho a la tierra está siendo cuestionado. El lucro a partir del hambre está comenzando a destrozar a una sociedad que antes dependía de la agricultura para su subsistencia.
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Some of the men and their machines on a newly cleared site of hundreds of acres by the lakeside. This land assumed by locals to be common land and therefore for public use was all of a sudden in the hands of the plantation owner, BIDCO.
Locals were shown a piece of paper and told that BIDCO were now the new owners. Many people were invited to a meeting where they were given between 5’000 and 7’000 shillings (€1.5- €2) and then asked to sign for it. Their signatures have now been used to prove that compensation for the land has been given.
Within three months the forest was destroyed, trees felled and pushed into the ground to rot and provide nutrients for the soils.
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Algunos de los hombres y sus máquinas en un terreno de cientos de hectáreas recientemente talado cerca del lago. Esta tierra es considerada por los locales como tierra comunal y por lo tanto puede ser de uso público. De un momento a otro pasó a manos del dueño de la plantación, BIDCO.
Le mostraron un trozo de papel a los habitantes de la isla y les dijeron que BIDCO era ahora el nuevo propietario. Muchas personas fueron invitadas a una reunión donde les dieron de 5.000 a 7.000 chelines (1,5 a 2 euros) y luego les pidieron que firmaran. Las firmas fueron utilizadas para demostrar que se les dio compensación por la tierra.
El bosque fue destruido en tres meses. Tiraron árboles abajo y los dejaron pudrirse en el suelo y así proporcionar nutrientes al suelo.
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John Muyiisa is 49 years old and has been farming for 34 years in Kasenyi village, western Uganda. His small farm is just a few metres from the edge of Lake Victoria and had been surrounded by dense forest.
Over time John had been cultivating coffee and fruit plantations on 40 acres of common land. With the income from this he has been able to raise a family of nine children.
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John Muyiisa tiene 49 años y ha sido agricultor desde hace 34 años en el pueblo de Kasenyi, en el oeste de Uganda. Su pequeña huerta se encuentra a apenas metros de la orilla del lago Victoria y estaba rodeado de un bosque tupido.
Durante varios años John ha cultivado café y plantaciones frutales en 16 hectáreas de tierra comunal. Con los ingresos generados ha podido criar a sus nueve hijos.
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Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
1908 lässt Maximilian Michael Georg Graf von Schwerin (1872-1934) das Herrenhaus als repräsentativen Landsitz im Neobarockstil errichten und von dem schwedischen Architekt und Gartengestalter Carl Gustav Svensson (1861–1910) einen weitläufigen Landschaftspark anlegen.
Nach der Enteignung 1945 wird das Herrenhaus bis 1997 von der Gemeinde vorwiegend zu Wohnzwecken genutzt.
1998 findet das Gut einen privaten Käufer, der das Herrenhaus fachgerecht sanieren und den Landschaftspark rekultivieren lässt.
Für die aufwändige denkmalgerechte Restaurierung erhalten die Eigentümer 1999 den Bundespreis "Handwerk in der Denkmalpflege".
Heute stehen hier Ferienwohnungen und Räumlichkeiten für Hochzeiten und andere Veranstaltungen zur Verfügung; in einem kleinen Hofladen werden regionale Produkte angeboten.
Auch der Park kann besichtigt werden.
In der alten Gutsbrennerei werden seit 2006 wieder handdestillierte Brände, Geiste und Liköre hergestellt, die vor Ort verkostet werden können.
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Patrice Sendikwanawa, 70, lives in Kulugulu village where he and his family farm 91 acres with cassava, sweet potatoes, banana and coffee.
Although Patrice is protecting his land from the plantations, a large percentage of his income has come from the sale of his ancient trees to the plantation company.
He has been tempted on several occasions to sell some of his land but says that if he does the soil will be contaminated.
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Patrice Sendikwanawa tiene 70 años, vive en el pueblo Kulugulu donde junto a su familia cultiva 36 hectáreas de mandioca, boniato, banana y café.
A pesar de que Patrice está protegiendo su tierra de las plantaciones, un gran porcentaje de sus ingresos provienen de la venta de sus viejos árboles a la empresa de plantación.
En varias oportunidades fue tentado a vender parte de su tierra pero afirma que de hacerlo, la tierra será contaminada.
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Boniface Ssentamu, 73, has his own small house and plot of titled land. For thirty years he farmed on eight acres of common land growing coffee to support his family of ten children.
A couple of years ago the company came to his and told him they had bought the land. It produced papers for ownership, bought from corrupt officials, and then took the land away from him.
The company offered 500,000 shillings (€150) as compensation. At this Boniface was angry and insulted and refused to take the compensation. He now tries to supplement his income by selling soaps and basic household products from his home.
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Boniface Ssentamu tiene 73 años y es propietario de una pequeña casa y de un pequeño terreno que está a su nombre. Durante treinta años ha cultivado café en 3 hectáreas de tierra comunal para solventar a sus diez hijos.
Hace un par de años la empresa fue a su tierra y le dijo que la habían comprado. Le mostraron los documentos de propiedad, comprados a policías corruptos, y luego le quitaron la tierra.
La empresa le ofreció 500.000 chelines (150 euros) como compensación. Boniface se enfureció y los insultó y se negó a aceptar la compensación. Ahora intenta complementar sus ingresos con la venta de jabones y productos básicos del hogar.
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These Haitian peasants won't play ball. The attempted displacement of the inhabitants of Ile-a-Vache by the US puppet government of Martelly/Lamothe.
Ile-a-Vache's literal meaning in English is "Cow Island."
Nearly 1000 people attended filling Michigan Ave and Washington Ave as the group walked from Roosevelt Park to Hart Plaza. The walk united the various issues being faced in our communities - water shutoffs, land grabs, community benefits, pollution, racism, education, gender/sexual preference, and more. Many of those walking were leaders in groups that organize.
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Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
1908 lässt Maximilian Michael Georg Graf von Schwerin (1872-1934) das Herrenhaus als repräsentativen Landsitz im Neobarockstil errichten und von dem schwedischen Architekt und Gartengestalter Carl Gustav Svensson (1861–1910) einen weitläufigen Landschaftspark anlegen.
Nach der Enteignung 1945 wird das Herrenhaus bis 1997 von der Gemeinde vorwiegend zu Wohnzwecken genutzt.
1998 findet das Gut einen privaten Käufer, der das Herrenhaus fachgerecht sanieren und den Landschaftspark rekultivieren lässt.
Für die aufwändige denkmalgerechte Restaurierung erhalten die Eigentümer 1999 den Bundespreis "Handwerk in der Denkmalpflege".
Heute stehen hier Ferienwohnungen und Räumlichkeiten für Hochzeiten und andere Veranstaltungen zur Verfügung; in einem kleinen Hofladen werden regionale Produkte angeboten.
Auch der Park kann besichtigt werden.
In der alten Gutsbrennerei werden seit 2006 wieder handdestillierte Brände, Geiste und Liköre hergestellt, die vor Ort verkostet werden können.
EN
Immelda Nabirimu from Buswa village farms 2.5 acres of sweet potatoes, cassava, banana, yams and goats. Her husband is a labourer for BIDCO, the company behind the plantation.
Together they have nine children. The family have been threatened by BIDCO representatives who say that the land is theirs and want her to move away.
Land speculators are constantly looking for land to sell or lease to the company, everyone’s land or right to land is under scrutiny. The hunger for profit is starting to tear apart a society that previously relied on subsistence farming.
ES
Immelda Nabirimu del pueblo de Buswa cultiva 1 hectárea de boniatos, mandioca, camote y cría cabras. Su esposo es un trabajador de BIDCO, la empresa que maneja la plantación.
Tienen nueve hijos. La familia ha recibido amenazas de representantes de BIDCO que dicen que la tierra es suya y que quieren sacarlos de allí.
Los especuladores de tierra están constantemente en busca de tierra para vender o alquilar a la empresa, la tierra de todos o el derecho a la tierra está siendo cuestionado. El lucro a partir del hambre está comenzando a destrozar a una sociedad que antes dependía de la agricultura para su subsistencia.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
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School children on the island are taught about their history of colonial abuse and slavery. They are not taught about the realities of globalization.
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A los niños que van a la escuela en la isla les enseñan la historia de los abusos del colonialismo y la esclavitud. Aprenden sobre las realidades de la globalización.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
STAND WITH COMMUNITIES, NOT CORPORATIONS
September 13, 2018 - As the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) begins, Indigenous and frontline communities continue to send Governor Brown and those attending the summit the message - stand with communities, not the climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry.
From the organizers:
"Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities and Native nations, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world.
Such perverse subsidies for “climate capitalism” will turn frontline communities into sacrifice zones for decades to come."
Today's action began at Jessie Park with a march to Moscone Center, the site of the summit. In a return appearance, 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area blocked intersections to create a safe space for the protesters outside the summit.
This weeks actions have been organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, the Ruckus Society, It Takes Roots, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sunflower Alliance and Brown's Last Chance.
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Zinzow, Gemeinde Boldekow, Amt Anklam-Land, Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Zinzow liegt direkt am Landgraben an der Grenze zwischen Vorpommern und Mecklenburg.
Das Gut gehört von mindestens 1533 bis zur Enteignung 1945 der Familie von Schwerin.
1908 lässt Maximilian Michael Georg Graf von Schwerin (1872-1934) das Herrenhaus als repräsentativen Landsitz im Neobarockstil errichten und von dem schwedischen Architekt und Gartengestalter Carl Gustav Svensson (1861–1910) einen weitläufigen Landschaftspark anlegen.
Nach der Enteignung 1945 wird das Herrenhaus bis 1997 von der Gemeinde vorwiegend zu Wohnzwecken genutzt.
1998 findet das Gut einen privaten Käufer, der das Herrenhaus fachgerecht sanieren und den Landschaftspark rekultivieren lässt.
Für die aufwändige denkmalgerechte Restaurierung erhalten die Eigentümer 1999 den Bundespreis "Handwerk in der Denkmalpflege".
Heute stehen hier Ferienwohnungen und Räumlichkeiten für Hochzeiten und andere Veranstaltungen zur Verfügung; in einem kleinen Hofladen werden regionale Produkte angeboten.
Auch der Park kann besichtigt werden.
In der alten Gutsbrennerei werden seit 2006 wieder handdestillierte Brände, Geiste und Liköre hergestellt, die vor Ort verkostet werden können.
STAND WITH COMMUNITIES, NOT CORPORATIONS
September 13, 2018 - As the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) begins, Indigenous and frontline communities continue to send Governor Brown and those attending the summit the message - stand with communities, not the climate profiteers and the fossil fuel industry.
From the organizers:
"Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities and Native nations, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world.
Such perverse subsidies for “climate capitalism” will turn frontline communities into sacrifice zones for decades to come."
Today's action began at Jessie Park with a march to Moscone Center, the site of the summit. In a return appearance, 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area blocked intersections to create a safe space for the protesters outside the summit.
This weeks actions have been organized by Idle No More SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide, the Ruckus Society, It Takes Roots, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sunflower Alliance and Brown's Last Chance.
These Haitian peasants won't play ball. The attempted displacement of the inhabitants of Ile-a-Vache by the US puppet government of Martelly/Lamothe.
Ile-a-Vache's literal meaning in English is "Cow Island."
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Andrea Mulinda, Bujumba village farms two acres of cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, yams and passion fruit. He has three children, plus grand children.
Three generations of Andrea's family have worked and lived off the land. He has titles to the land and had been tempted to lease the land, however, after he found that the land would be sterile after producing palm he decided to continue farming for food.
He wants to protect his land and pass it on to future generations.
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Andrea Mulinda, del pueblo Bujumba. Cultiva mandioca, boniatos, banana, camote y maracuyá. Tiene tres hijos y nietos.
Tres generaciones de la familia de Andrea trabajaron y vivieron de la tierra. Tiene títulos de propiedad sobre la tierra y estuvo tentada a alquilarla. Sin embargo, luego de que se enteró de que la tierra sería infértil después de producir palma, decidió continuar cultivando alimentos.
Quiere proteger su tierra y pasársela a las futuras generaciones.
Credit: FoEI / ATI - Jason Taylor
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Edison Musiimenta, Rosemary Nabukeera and daughter Maureen Nuwagaba have come from the mainland. Around eight years ago Edison came looking for work.
He was so impressed with the quality of the soil and crop that he asked someone for a small plot of land to farm on.
Edison is now one of the larger charcoal producers selling huge bags of the fuel to a mainland agent. For each sack he says he receives around 10’000 shillings (€3). All this is now at stake due to the development of the plantation.
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Edison Musiimenta, Rosemary Nabukeera y su hija Maureen Nuwagaba vienen de la zona continental. Hace alrededor de ocho años Edison vino en busca de trabajo.
Quedó tan impresionado con la calidad del suelo y de los cultivos que le pidió a alguien un pequeño terreno para cultivar.
Edison es ahora uno de los mayores productores de carbón. Vende grandes bolsas de este combustible a un agente de la zona continental. Por cada bolsa cobra alrededor de 10.000 chelines (3 euros). Su fuente de ingresos corre peligro ahora a causa del desarrollo de la plantación.
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