{"id":60250,"date":"2021-11-03T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60250"},"modified":"2021-11-03T06:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:33:13","slug":"the-big-green-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60250","title":{"rendered":"The Big Green Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrongkindofgreen.org\/2021\/10\/13\/the-big-green-lie-2\/\">THE BIG GREEN LIE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRc7Ez8uY7A?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/\">phase one: 11-15 October 2021<\/a>], world leaders plan to agree turning 30% of the Earth into \u201cProtected Areas\u201d by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Big conservation NGOs say this will mitigate climate change, reduce wildlife loss, enhance biodiversity and so save our environment. They are wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivalinternational.org\/articles\/protectedareaswrm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protected Areas<\/a>\u00a0will not save our planet. On the contrary, they will increase human suffering and so accelerate the destruction of the spaces they claim to protect because local opposition to them will grow. They have no effect on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/survivalinternational.org\/about\/climatechange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a>\u00a0at all, and have been shown to be generally poor at preventing wildlife loss.<\/p>\n<p>It is vital that real solutions are put forward to address these urgent problems and that the real cause \u2013 exploitation of natural resources for profit and growing overconsumption, driven by the Global North \u2013 is properly acknowledged and discussed. But this is unlikely to happen because there are too many vested interests that depend on existing consumption patterns continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Who will suffer if 30% of Earth is \u201cprotected\u201d? It won\u2019t be those who have overwhelmingly caused the climate crisis, but rather indigenous and other local people in the Global South who play little or no part in the environment\u2019s destruction. Kicking them off their land to create Protected Areas won\u2019t help the climate: Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of the natural world and an essential part of human diversity that is a key to protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>We must stop the push for 30%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"embedded-picture article-picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"screen-image\" title=\"These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a protected area. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets.survivalinternational.org\/pictures\/7721\/10-dsc00009_article_column@2x.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a protected area. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.\" width=\"690\" height=\"438\" data-retina-available=\"\" \/><em><span class=\"article-picture-caption\">These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a protected area. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.\u00a0<\/span><small>\u00a9 Survival<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The truth about Protected areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BIG GREEN LIE At the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit [phase one: 11-15 October 2021], world leaders plan to agree turning 30% of the Earth into \u201cProtected Areas\u201d by 2030. Big conservation NGOs say this will mitigate climate change, reduce wildlife loss, enhance biodiversity and so save our environment. They are wrong. 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