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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Why the Open Access Movement in Agriculture Matters

Shareable, July 9, 2017, Posted by Wayne Morgenthaler

This is very interesting theory and pertains to the management of the internet commons and the land and agriculture. This will be the challenge of a new green democratic future.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41199-why-the-open-access-movement-in-agriculture-matters

The Last Trees of the Amazon

By Nelly Luna Amancio, Mongabay, 12 November 18, Posted by Wayne Morgenthaler
This article is especially important given the ascendancy of a dictator in Brazil who intends to exploit timber and mining for profit.  Already since 2015 deforestation has increase 29%, Columbia, 44% so if the international community were to do the Green thing we would also have to stop importing from climate criminals. Our track record in certification under capitalism has be a  complete charade so transparency would be essential.

A team of journalists from five Latin American countries investigated how groups of timber traffickers manage to steal and process timber from the Amazon.