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Nature for sale: We’ll analyze narratives that often go ignored.
So that Indigenous peoples, territories and complex realities don’t get reduced to a single image.

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In the #NatureForSale series we’ll look at the perspectives that are ignored. Because Indigenous peoples, territories and complex realities shouldn’t be reduced to a single image.

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What first comes to mind when we say "nature"?

What first comes to mind when we say "nature"?

This? (Image of green trees) Or this? Image of the coast

This? (Image of green trees) Or this? Image of the coast

[Black background] But where are the people?

[Black background] But where are the people?

That distinction doesn’t exist for a lot of Indigenous peoples.

The forest is a place of life.
A continuum between people, plants, animals and other beings.

That distinction doesn’t exist for a lot of Indigenous peoples. The forest is a place of life. A continuum between people, plants, animals and other beings.

#NatureForSale 🌳🏷️

A lot of Indigenous peoples see no separation between people and the natural world. Turns out, this separation is just a modern Western concept.

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How is it that conservation causes so much damage?

How is it that conservation causes so much damage?

In this new series, we invite you to question what the best ways to "protect" nature are

In this new series, we invite you to question what the best ways to "protect" nature are

"Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person" - - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer.

"Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person" - - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer.

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We’ve got to recognize that the violence against Indigenous peoples against conservation doesn’t come from nowhere…

It’s a product of history, ideas, images and a particular narrative around “nature”. We’re going to put it all into question: how else can we bring real change? 🤔

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5/5 In this logic, nature becomes a balance-sheet entry, not a living system.

The story is “saving the planet.” The reality: saving a financial system addicted to infinite growth, with BlackRock cast as the central banker of nature itself.

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Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting...

Burn the forest. Build the road. Drill the oil. Then host the climate summit. Brazil doesn’t even pretend anymore.

#AmazonCrisis #ClimateHypocrisy #NatureForSale

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Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

Seriously?! 🌍💰 Everything in nature is getting a price tag. Biodiversity credits. Carbon markets. Ecosystem pricing. Do wolves 🐺 need a CO₂ value to matter? What happens when nature’s price tag says ‘not worth saving’?

#NatureForSale
#SavingOrSelling
#NatureBeyondProfit

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Biodiversity Offsetting: Planning Appeal agrees housing o... Tomorrow sees an event to bring together organisations an...

.@GeoffreyLean Planning Inspector gives green light to #biodiversity #offsetting of Essex Meadow. #Natureforsale http://ow.ly/xuHJM

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