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Statement by Environment Canada regarding HSRC Ocean fertilization Dump

Issued to Press on october 17th 2012

 

From: Sweet,Adam [NCR] [mailto:Adam.Sweet@ec.gc.ca] 
Sent: October-17-12 4:24 PM
 

Environmental protection and enforcement is a priority of our government. Under Budget 2012, we increased the levels of fines, and we have also recently increased the number of enforcement officers.

Full Press Coverage of 2012 Ocean Fertilization Scheme Near Haida Gwaii

In mid-october 2012 ETC Group, working with partners, uncovered a large-scale unauthorised geoengineering scheme that had been carried out in July 300km off the west coast of Canada, close to the islands of Haida Gwaii. We discovered that this ocean fertilization scheme, which involved at least 120 tons of iron dust and iron sulphate being dumped into a highly biodiverse marine ecosystem, appeared to have given rise, at least in part, to an unusually large (10,000 sq km) plankton boom. We also learned that the principal actor behind this large dump of iron was Russ George formerly CEO of Planktos, a company that had attempted to dump iron in the waters west of the Galapagos Islands and the Canary islands in 2007. In ETC Group's view this activity violated at least three international moratoria established through the IMO's London Convention and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

This page presents a partial record of the media reporting and scientific and official responses to this large real-world geoengineeirng scheme.

Los diez acaparamientos de tierra más peligrosos desde 2007

Control del agua y la tierra

La demanda de alimentos, forrajes y otras formas de biomasa vegetal —así como de otros recursos estratégicos como los minerales y la madera— constituye el principal impulso para el acaparamiento global de tierras. El control de los recursos hídricos es otro factor principal.

Control super consolidado de las trasnacionales

147 compañías controlaron casi el 40% del valor monetario de todas las corporaciones trasnacionales en 2007.

147 compañías controlaron casi el 40% del valor monetario de todas las corporaciones trasnacionales en 2007.
Son los resultados de un estudio publicado en julio de 2011 por investigadores en Suiza, (ETH Zurich), basados en el análisis de 43,060 corporaciones trasnacionales ubicadas en 116 países. Solo 137 firmas dieron cuenta del 80% del valor de todas las corporaciones trasnacionales.

El Grupo ETC presenta su nuevo sitio web

Necesitamos su ayuda para hacerlo mejor

Bienvenidos al nuevo sitio web del Grupo ETC. Si bien aún estamos en el proceso, y necesitamos afinar varias cosas, pensamos que la nueva versión de nuestra página es mucho mejor que la anterior y no podíamos demorarla por más tiempo.
Agregamos muchas nuevas características que ayudarán a encontrar, usar y compartir el contenido de la manera más fácil posible, ya sea que el lector nuevo en los temas o todo un experto. Por favor tengan paciencia con los inconvenientes temporales. Estamos trabajando en los errores de adaptación pero sean tan amables de reportar fallas que ustedes encuentren usando el botón [+] feedback, en la misma página en que vean la falla.

Hasta pronto,
Grupo ETC

Super-Consolidated TNC Control

147 companies controlled nearly 40 percent of the monetary value of all transnational corporations in 2007.

147 companies controlled nearly 40 percent of the monetary value of all transnational corporations in 2007.
That’s the finding of a new study published in July 2011 by researchers at Switzerland’s ETH Zürich, based on an analysis of 43,060 transnational corporations (TNCs) located in 116 countries. Just 737 firms account for 80% of the value of all TNCs.

There are currently over 500 Multilateral Environment Agreements

Since the Stockholm Conference of 1972, there has been a proliferation of treaties, agreements and institutions, but the money hasn’t matched the meetings and the decisions haven’t been matched with democratic participation. The multilateral system’s environmental response has been incongruously ad hoc and also ad nauseum. Among the indicators…

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