PLANT is a catalyst for indigenous communities and smallholder farmers to speak for themselves, their eco-systems and Seed & Food Sovereignty, instead of others speaking for them.
PLANT works with partners in Brazilian Amazonia and in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Human and Earth Rights mirror the faces of the vulnerable;
They are a discomfort to the powerful;
They are continuously translated into policy by the struggles of the excluded;
They bring justice closer to our world, our common home” ... PLANT
NEW! Why REDD’s not dead, despite its “dismal track-record”
Chris Lang, REDD-Monitor -- 21 Mar 2020
"REDD+ is a market-based scheme that aligns with the dominant neo-liberal approach to environmental governance. REDD+ helps expand the frontiers of neoliberal capitalism by enabling, rather than preventing, further extractivism and forest intensive investments."
NEW! Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020
Indigenous Environmental Network et al -- 18 Mar 2020
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"Indigenous Environmental Network partnering with Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, and the Sierra Club has released the Banking on Climate Change 2020 report, which has been endorsed by over 250 organizations from 45 countries around the world. The latest version of the most comprehensive report on global banks’ fossil fuel financing, reveals that 35 global banks have expanded the fossil fuel sector with more than $2.7 trillion in the four years since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement ... the report shows how banks are funding Indigenous land grabs, the violation of Indigenous rights and eco-colonialism."
NEW! The Future of Food: Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future
Vandana Shiva et al., Navdanya International -- Mar 2020
"The first path is made by walking with nature, co-creating and co-producing with sensitivity, intelligence and care with diverse species, the living earth and her complex web of life."
PLANT (Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples)
E-mail: plantpartners@gmail.com
PO Box 276 • Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA
Tel. 304 876 2288
PLANT is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization