Climate Connections: During a workshop on REDD, a woman from Bolivia in traditional dress explained that in Spanish “red” means “network,” and that REDD was the “Network of Death.” “What Indigenous Peoples really need,” she said, “is a network of life--one that is opposed to REDD, but supports peoples’ traditional ways. We must form this network,” she insisted. “We need a global network of Indigenous Peoples opposed to REDD.”
In the midst of the first week of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in......
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REDD Rage: Organizing to Stop the Network of Death
Posted by Climate Connections: None Given on May 21st, 2011
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