Comments on: Without ‘additionality’ of climate funds, Copenhagen adds up to nothing

By: Martina Bedregal Calderón

Martina Bedregal Calderón — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:08:52 +0000

I will check on companies here in Germany and from which countries they get their wood and if they are still involved in the logging. We could start a campaign that calls for boycot of these companies and their products (furniture etc.).

The same was done with fur importing companies , that campaign was very successfull.

By: Gibril Maada Bassie

Gibril Maada Bassie — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:11:41 +0000

We can only stop Logging , if tough policies are levied on Companies that trade in funiture& paper production to buildup more support for communities to embark on tree crop planting and sensitization campaigns and to promote eco- tourism.

By: Martina Bedregal Calderón

Martina Bedregal Calderón — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:36:40 +0000

Of course I meant “pipelines” – my typing is lousy sometimes….lol.

By: Martina Bedregal Calderón

Martina Bedregal Calderón — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:35:51 +0000

I sometimes had a silly idea:

If mankind is able to buid pipleines from Russia to Western Europe for the transport of petrol and gas – then why can´t we build pipelines for water supply for draught-affected regions?

Ok, people may say that gas and petrol are far more precious goods than water. But drinkable water might become one day a good as precious as it is gas or petrol now.

I have lived 1 year in the Sahara and almost 6 years in the Peruvian (northern) part of the Atacama desert. In those places for the people who lived there water often was as precious as gold.

I will never forget the old man in an oasis in southern Tunisia who proudly gave me some of his tomatoes. He passed them over to me with both hands and as if they were made of gold. And I received them with the same respect. For I thought of all the work and water that must have cost this man to let them grow.

By: Martina Bedregal Calderón

Martina Bedregal Calderón — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:25:02 +0000

Ron I fully agree with you. I have always been in touch and helping my neighbours, no matter if they were from my hometown or from Latinamerica, Asia, Africa or Australia, no matter which religion or nationality or believes or ideas they had. And as you say we are all neighbours.

That is why I see like you the fantastic possibilities an organisation like ONE has. It brings us people together to exchange ideas and to bundle and focus our activities and hopes for a world of justice and a brighter future.

Luckily there are people like you in this world, people who can make a change for the better.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:48:58 +0000

Thanks you for these generous and insightful words, Ron Dean09; may peace in wisdom be with you and your family.

Regards.

By: ron dean09

ron dean09 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:45:54 +0000

Well hey hey . This is a great site . Thanks to the folks hard work , that gathered these important
people together . As ONE of many , may we seek unity of purpose , and look to what unites us ,
rather than compete , for what divides us . This Earth , provides us all . Every living thing , is at home
on this third rock , from the Sun .

Countless generations , have battled for survival , to earn for us , to be alive today . I look back into
our history , to long before I was born , and understand , why I am ONE of many .

To work with my neighbor , builds upon our community , which should better this world , if we have
ONE home . To share with my neighbor , makes me proud , cause I contribute , to all our family .

Money will help things , but getting money , is one of the things that divides us .

To share the wealth , of our planet , for our kids future , comes from our hearts , and our toils .

In a world thats falling apart , working together , and sharing with our neighbor ( family ) , can help
lessen the conflicts , about power and money .

Escalating wars , will destroy us all , over power and money . No-one will win . The Nuclear fire
will rain down , on us all .

We can be much more wise than this . before its to late . From my family . Ron .

By: Martina Bedregal Calderón

Martina Bedregal Calderón — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:37:43 +0000

I think one reason for logging and forest destruction is that your and other countries need (like all countries) foreign currencies and income, and one possibilty to get this is selling ground and/or wood. There should be searched for alternative incomes and funds on a global level, funds from selling products or ressources on a level that benefits all people in a country. I know that this sounds utopistic, but that would really help people in the producing and consumers in the buying countries. But of course it would leave less profit for the big business companies, so they do all to maintain the injust situation we have now.

Another reason of forest destruction is the need of land and fuel (firewood) of the people.

(Sorry for the late reply here, my PC crashed and I had to install all again from scratch).

Martina

By: Dr.Raveendra

Dr.Raveendra — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:23 +0000

Excellent piece of work!

By: dessonedu

dessonedu — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:38:43 +0000

The following measures can be put in place to stop logging and forest destruction.
1) Awarness and campaign towards the prevention of natural forest and environment.
2) Conservation and protection trainning package for N.G.O in the affected area/countries.
3) Zoological convertsion of forest by international agency.
4) Environmental landscape planning.
5) Park creation
6) Radio,television,journals,hand-bill,lecture/ communities enlightment as well as community actfast initiative.
The above afformention is areas where the international agency can be of help to forest and logging affected area.