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Let the oil underground in the Yasuni park!

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Ecuador is a poor country with immense biodiversity but at the same time depending on the resources generated by oil.

With ITT, this small state is trying to appeal to the world in order to have support of countries and responsible citizens for a successful transition to a more sustainable development model and a post-oil economy.

Wanting to fight against global warming, the Ecuadorian government does not operate some 850 million barrels of oil located in the Yasuni park, a nature reserve in the world ...

We, citizens, environmental activists, community and environmental organizations, associations, political parties and unions, denounce the failure of the Copenhagen Summit and urge the French Government and the European Union to support the Yasuni-ITT Initiative of Ecuador.

The ITT project (acronym from the names of the three exploration wells located in the area: Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini) driven by social movements, is one of the initiatives proposed by the Ecuadorian government to fight against global warming. This is not to operate some 850 million barrels of oil located in the Yasuni park, a nature reserve that contains one of the largest global biodiversity and is inhabited by indigenous communities in the Amazon, the Tagaeri, and the Taromenane Oñamenane (indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation and are part of the Waorani nationality).

Ecuador's economy is mainly based on the rent that oil accounted for 22.2% of GDP, 63.1% of exports and 46.6% of the General State Budget for the 2008. ITT reserves represent approximately 20% of total reserves in the country known. So it's a financial windfall that a country as poor that Ecuador can not do without. However, the Ecuadorian government's proposal is not to exploit the reserves of fossil energy, while the operation of the heavy oil could bring the state between 5 and 6 billion (with a price of about 70 dollars per barrel).

In exchange, Ecuador, based on the UN principle of common but differentiated responsibilities for global environmental problems, the international community to demand a contribution of 50% of the financial windfall he may have s' had operated oil. Indeed, avoiding emissions of about 410 million tonnes of CO2, encourage conservation of biodiversity in the Amazon, preventing deforestation, uphold the rights of indigenous peoples who inhabit this land, bringing benefits to mankind as a whole . This is a step towards the recognition of climate as a global public good and the ecological debt of the most polluting countries.

The failure of the Copenhagen World Summit which was to reach a binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to extend the Kyoto Protocol for the period after 2012, leads us to get our governments to their responsibilities, including their commitment to support existing initiatives. The ITT is indeed a beginning of ecological transition to move towards an alternative model of development and not production-abiding "Madre Tierra", Nature, for Ecuador and the rest of the world.

It is no longer intends to make speeches on the impacts of global warming and climate change. The world needs concrete measures and the establishment of genuine public policy in terms of ecology, supported on social movements and peoples concerned. The ITT project, now threatened by the lack of commitments that reinforces those who oppose it, is one of the first initiatives that will in that sense, it represents an example for the post-oil economy and climate justice into reality.

We urge the French Government and the EU to follow the example of Germany (which has committed to fund this project for 50 million euros per year for 13 years ) and make a contribution to financial the Yasuni-ITT Initiative will be realized. We also urge the government of Ecuador to continue his project, in conjunction with social movements who wear it.

Finally, the failure of negotiations in Copenhagen has shown that it is more necessary than ever that all social movements and societies are reclaiming the debate. We therefore commit ourselves to mobilize collectively to support the Yasuni-ITT Initiative and invite social movements, environmental movements and more generally the global movement to support this appeal.

To sign the petition:

http://projetitt.vacau.com/wordpress/? page_id = 148

More info:

http://www.sosyasuni.org/fr/

http://www.yasuni-itt.gov. ec /

First signatories:

Acción Ecológica (Ecuador), Alianza Social Continental, Anciela Association, Association A Sud (Italy); Association communist unit (ACU) Association France Latin America ATTAC France ; CADTM Switzerland Casa del Arbol (Ecuador); Information Centre on Environment and Health Action; CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador), Confédération Paysanne, ENLACE / PSOL Brasil; Federation for Alternative social and ecological (FASE), Fondation France Libertés Fundación Pachamama (Ecuador); ICRA International Ingenieros sin Fronteras (Spain); Anticapitalista Izquierda (Spain); alternatives; Movement Utopia, MRAP (Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples); NatureRights, New Anti-Capitalist Party ( NPA), Observatorio de la Deuda in the Globalización (Spain), Oilwatch (Ecuador); Left Party, Socialist Party, Solidarity, Greens, Alberto Acosta, former President of the Constituent Assembly and former Minister of Mines and Energy in Ecuador Margarita Aguinaga, Casa Feminista de Rosa (Ecuador); Francois Alfonsi, MEP Europe Ecologie; Rosana Alvarado Carrión, Chairman of the Board of Biodiversity and Natural Resources of the National Assembly of Ecuador, Francis Autain, Left Party Senator of Loire-Atlantique, Geneviève Azam, ATTAC France, Sandrine Aries, MEP Europe Ecologie; Malika Benarab-Attou , MEP Europe Ecology, Jean-Paul Besset, MEP Europe Ecology, Martine Billard, French MP, Left Party, Lothar Bisky, Die Linke MEP, President of the GUE / NGL Group in the European Parliament and president of PGE, Jorge Bocanegra , Deputy Mayor of Toul-Vice-President of the CTC , José Bové, MEP Europe Ecologie; Brigitte Brozio, College Green Executive, delegated to the International and Europe; Raul Camargo, National Directorate Anticapitalista Izquierda (Spain), Pascal Canfin MEP Europe Ecologie; Nikolaos Chountis , Greek MEP GUE / NGL for Syriza, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, MEP Europe Ecologie; Annick Coupe, Solidarity spokesman, Karim Delli, MEP Europe Ecology, Isabelle Durant, MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament, Verts / ALE (Belgium); Fander Falconí, Research Professor at FLACSO-Ecuador; Helene Flautre MEP Europe Ecologie; Enith Flores CADTM Ecuador; Judith Flores, Colectivo Feminista (Ecuador); FG, political scientist and member of the editorial collective www.rebelion.org ; Jerome Gleizes, head of the Transnational Committee of the French Greens, Laura Greco, President of the association A Sud (Italy); Natalia Greene, Fundación Pachamama (Ecuador), Catherine Grèze, MEP Europe Ecologie; Takis Hadjigeorgiou, MEP for AKEL (Cyprus), Satu Hassi, MEP, Group Greens / EFA (Finland), Joe Higgins, MEP for the Socialist Party (Ireland); Nicole Hugon, Councilwoman City of Marseille Group "Greens" Yannick Jadot MEP Europe Ecology, Eva Joly, MEP Europe Ecology, Claudio Katz, Economist of Izquierda Argentina, Pierre Khalfa, Partners, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, MEP Europe Ecologie; Jurgen Klute, MEP GUE / NGL for Die Linke, Alain Krivine, NPA; Patrick Hyarick MEP Front Left, Matthew Le Quang, Politics, associate researcher at FLACSO-Ecuador; Rosa López Asamblea de Mujeres Diversas y Populares (Ecuador); Sabine Lösing, MEP GUE / NGL for Die Linke; Francisco Louca, Deputy for Bloco de Esquerda (Portugal), Michael Lowy, NPA, Eduardo Lucita, Economista de Izquierda Argentina; Ulrike Lunacek , MEP, Greens / EFA Group (Austria); Piero Maestri, spokesman Sinistra Critica (Italy); Noel Mamere, MP, Greens, Esperanza Martinez, Oilwatch, Jonathan Martinez, Member of Parliament Group Alternatiba Bizkaia ( Basque Country), Marisa Matias, MEP for Bloco (Portugal), Jean-Luc Melenchon, MP Front de gauche européen, Céline Meneses, President de la commission internationale du Parti de Gauche, Willy Meyer, député européen GUE / NGL Espagne pour Izquierda Unida, Laetitia Moreau, Réalisatrice of documentaires, Corinne Morel Darleux, secrétaire nationale du parti au combat écologique of gauche, Samanta Novella, Fondation NatureRights; Patrice Perret, Solidaires, Stalin Perez Borges, national Coordinateur National Union of Workers JOIN, member of the National Socialist Workers Front FST-PSUV (Venezuela), Miguel Portas, député européen pour Bloco (Portugal), Franck Pupunat, Porte-parole du Mouvement Utopia, Michèle Rivasi, MEP Europe Ecologie; Raul Romeva i Rueda, MEP, Greens / EFA Group (Spain) Laurence Rossignol, the Socialist Party national secretary for the Environment. Vice-president of the Picardy region, Pierre Rousset, President of Europe of Solidarity Without Borders (FSSA); Heide Rühle MEP, Greens / EFA Group (Germany), Catherine Samary, Professor of Economics at the University Paris-Dauphine , Helmut Scholz, Die Linke MEP, Head of International Die Linke, Bart Staes, MEP, Greens / EFA Group (Belgium), Rui Tavares, MEP for Bloco (Portugal), Eric Toussaint, a political scientist and president CADTM Belgium; Stephanie Treillet, Economist; Roseline Vachetta, member of the NPA; Françoise Verchere, Vice-President of the General Council of Loire-Atlantique, Marie-Christine Vergiat, MEP Left Front; Esther Vivas, anticapitalista Izquierda (Spain), Sabine Wills MEP Die Linke, Dr. Jose Luis Yela, EcoLogo, Professor at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Gabi Zimmer, Die Linke MEP

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News & Utopiales

The Utopiales


Turn over a week to type my review, I admit, it's not very glorious ... What do you want, I have news to end emergency (During playback, this is my first order, the bulk stress.) Then Utopiales? Super festival as usual. I had the time to browse the exhibits and attend a conference (I listen to so thanks ActuSF HERE.)

is that Friday and Saturday by extension, I mostly presented CoCyclics, sold GGG *, answering questions, meeting new people, reviewed a large number of frogs, asked for autographs, surveyed the bar with Mrs Spock Magali Duez, etc..

must make com 'for CoCyclics (the unpronounceable stuff that nobody can say or write), the story that everyone knows what you do. There is still work, but it progresses.

My nice little moments:

• To those who believe the adventure impossible in Britain, they ride with me getting lost on back roads a stormy night. ^ __ ^
• Jean-Claude Dunyach jokes to howl with laughter with his hands.
• A child can sleep like a rock even under a red light.
• Scott Westerfield Syven think is a pen name "lovely" (GHAAAA!)
• Just come to Nantes to Brest meet an author (Yan Marchand me autographed As a poison water )
• Keep a sofa in the bar, is sure to get acquainted with authors and publishers. ^ __ ^
• I started to dedicate my guide publishers by publishers on an idea by Jean-Claude Dunyach. For cons, the team of the GGG is not hot for its slogan, "Written with feet, connected with the buttocks" (from my side, I think it will raise the attendance rate of this blog. I do not mind.)
• Three o'clock in the morning, the frogs are not lying and they love to play with small mechanical frog. So-so.

The restaurant on Saturday evening was great as always. I left with my bag in a package of lessons that make me think again about writing. You tell me, I already asked a lot of metaphysical questions. I just ask more ...

And I came back speechless.

First dedication

In fact, my first official dedication at a show, there it is, it is expected: the festival Free Zone Bagneux. I'm on the list and will have a booth Laugh. My Way at least March 4. http://sites.google.com/site/zonefranchebagneux92/programme-2011/auteurs-illustrateurs

* GGG: Grimoire of the Galactic Frogs

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Quotes About Church Anniversaries

A breaking of republican principles ...

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A believe the majority of political commentators, the realignment would be a non-event because he did little to change the composition of the government. But precisely because it did not change that this redesign is an event.

Nicolas Sarkozy chose to send a clear message: I will not budge. This hardening around various personalities UMP course aims to prepare the 2012 presidential elections but also to consider further austerity demanded by financial markets, the European Union and the IMF ...

Renamed or extended, regardless of the term "new" Prime Minister Francois Fillon said a new phase is beginning: that of employment growth.

This means, conversely, that growth and employment have not so far priorities for the outgoing government. Witness also the austerity plan in force which is likely to increase, especially with the massive reduction in government spending and taxes.

Who says austerity plan also said increased pressure on all employees and thereby, increase social inequalities.

was already the subject of the cons-pension reform and the proposed 2011 budget. It will also be an announcement with a bang: the abolition of the tax shield and the wealth tax (ISF) and the creation of a new tax bracket (45%) for income tax.

The Trade Union Solidarity SNUI SOUTH Treasury considers indeed " that such a reform would costly and unfair." This would "significantly reduce the tax to the heritage of the most affluent."

Expensive, because according to calculations SNUI, "it would lead to a shortfall" . Remove the shield represent a "economy of 679 million euros" . Remove the ISF would "divest itself of 3.4 billion euros" . And "budget performance for a slice of 45% would be between 700 million and 1 billion euros" . "It fails between 1.7 and 2 billion euros for the closure of this fiscal reform. "

unjust because such a reform " favor the richest and annuitants . " investment income being taxed at the proportional rate of 18%, taxpayers receiving such income would be unaffected by the new tranche to 45%!

Another issue, mentioned by the president in his last television interview, is the problem of addiction. A extensive program except that we do not see the solution in the current economic climate with 8 million people living below the poverty line in France, the unemployed, retired or disabled dependents, but also employees, who can not contribute and whose fate is unlikely to improve in the foreseeable future.

And that new "reform" is likely not to be part of Social Security but that of private insurance. It is particularly significant from the policy followed by Nicolas Sarkozy: the social promises but essentially for those who can afford them, a bit like nursing homes. P lacing for example a parent in a nursing home is expensive, even very expensive: around € 1 800 per month! It is sometimes more, sometimes less in the public.

The study of the DREES ( Research Branch, research, evaluation and statistics) as of December 2008 gives a figure of 1212 shows euros, the average amount Pensions in France (basic pension + additional pension). If men receive pensions for an amount of 1598 euros, women are lagging behind, with a retreat of 990 euros!

But who says austerity plan also says the economic downturn, thus weakening growth and rising unemployment.

For "new" government team, more profits and lower cost of labor promote growth and employment but it is always so good old liberal formula is put forward: the profits today are the jobs of tomorrow!

It is by supporting consumption by wage increases and better distributing the wealth produced by a real tax reform and increased taxation of dividends that the situation will reverse the benefit of the investment and employment.

A major reorientation of economic policy would be necessary but this is not the case despite the crisis, where we see strong development of social inequalities. And these are not a European summit, the G20 or the action of DSK in the IMF proposes to regulate and regulate the effects of unbridled capitalism!

In the end, where we were entitled to expect a break with the economic and social policy, there is rather a departure from republican principles ...

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