Traditional livelihoods decline in Borneo forests as communities rely on mining, logging jobs, so say CIFOR: A new study by the Center for International Forestry Research has found that villages along the Malinau River, an area rich in valuable timber and mineral resources, are relying less on traditional livelihoods — typically a mixture of hunting, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘conservation and business’
27 Sep
Beating up on Evil Inc (CSR reprised)
“Negative vibes man, always with the negative vibes.” J’s first aid blog forum on CSR is officially closed now, but I felt compelled to post again on this subject. As Sam Gardner put it: “the negativity of the academia and practitioners oozes from my screen.” I think that’s unfortunate.* The basic complaint, reiterated in many [...]
23 Sep
CSR and Tropical Conservation
J from the ’Hood has challenged aid bloggers to write something about Corporate and Social Responsibility. This is my contribution focusing on my specific area of expertise. I’m going to start with a bold assertion unsupported by anything more than my gut feeling. Corporate donors to tropical conservation are mostly big polluters and destroyers of [...]
6 Sep
Conservation and Compromise
Here are some recent posts on blogs I follow which, depending upon your perspective, may count as either good or bad news: WWF are in the firing line for their Global Forest and Trade Network being little more than greenwashing. The climate for climate change mitigation related regulation is markedly better in many (mostly developing) [...]
