Re: [gep-ed] the political economy of conservation (esp ngos)
Dale, here are a few relevant publications. The first one is my favorite. Re US finance of conservation: from what I’m seeing, it is increasingly linked to promoting carbon markets: private investments in forest-conservation and other land-based carbon-sink projects that generate offsets. Kathy Prakash Kashwan, Rosaleen V. Duffy, Francis Masseì, Adeniyi P. Asiyanbi, & Esther Marijnen (2021) From Racialized Neocolonial Global Conservation to an Inclusive and Regenerative Conservation, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:4, 4-19, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1924574 Allen, K. (2018). Why exchange values are not environmental values: Explaining the problem with neoliberal conservation. Conservation and Society, 16(3), 243-256. Büscher, B., & Fletcher, R. (2020). The conservation revolution: radical ideas for saving nature beyond the Anthropocene. Verso Books. Büscher, B., W. Dressler & R. Fletcher. 2014. Nature Inc.: Environmental conservation in the neoliberal age. Tuscon, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. IPBES (2022). Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Balvanera, P., Pascual, U., Christie, M., Baptiste, B., and González-Jiménez, D. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6522522 James, A., & Broome, N. P. (2023). A Fine Balance? Value-relations, Post-capitalism and Forest Conservation—A Case from India. Conservation and Society, 21(3), 188-199. Pascual, U., Adams, W. M., Díaz, S., Lele, S., Mace, G. M., & Turnhout, E. (2021). Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism. Nature Sustainability, 4(7), 567-572 Kathleen McAfee Professor Emer., San Francisco State University COP28: Climate Finance and Carbon Colonialism<https://www.clara.earth/carbon-markets-arent-climate-finance> New Study: Why REDD+ carbon offsets are failing<https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-impact/centers/cepp/projects/berkeley-carbon-trading-project/redd> Article: Why we should not endorse carbon offsets<https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/N2YSPHYTYPXMVC4NZGSV/full?target=10.1080/00330124.2021.1934879> From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com on behalf of Dale W Jamieson Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 5:27 AM To: 'GEP-Ed List Subject: [gep-ed] the political economy of conservation (esp ngos) dear friends, i am looking for people who work on the political economy of conservation, and significant papers in the field. i am most interested in US funding for conservation either at home or abroad, but also interested in international sources. thx for any help. dale ** Dale Jamieson Director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection Affiliated Professor of Law. Medical Ethics, and Bioethics Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Emeritus New York University 285 Mercer Street, 7th floor New York NY 10003-6653 https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/dale-jamieson.html https://wp.nyu.edu/ceap/ For our report on Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease in the United States, visit https://s18798.pcdn.co/ceap/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/07/Animal-Markets-and-Zoonotic-Disease-in-the-United-States.pdf For our report on The Role of Agency, Sentience, and Cognition in the Protection of Aquatic Animals, visit: https://wp.nyu.edu/ceap/research/aquatic-animals-report-2023/ For our Climatic Change article on "Research Needs for a Food System Transition, visit https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03507-2 No Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of the white vote since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was proposed by Kennedy, championed by Johnson, and more strongly supported by Republicans than Democrats. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAAjgQKNKBnoHZq2Z%3Dk33BeagFHR4vkpaL2ffOKC6nmnn4G%3DbXQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAAjgQKNKBnoHZq2Z%3Dk33BeagFHR4vkpaL2ffOKC6nmnn4G%3DbXQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BY5PR02MB6851EA965C494C93D867E408D189A%40BY5PR02MB6851.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
Re: [gep-ed] food systems at cop 28
Dale, Steve Suppan at IATP has been following ag /food systems in the COPs and is keeping up to date. Check his blogs on the Iatp.org web site. Kathleen McAfee Professor Emer., San Francisco State University New Study: Why REDD+ carbon offsets are failing<https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-impact/centers/cepp/projects/berkeley-carbon-trading-project/redd> Article: Why we should not endorse carbon offsets<https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/N2YSPHYTYPXMVC4NZGSV/full?target=10.1080/00330124.2021.1934879> From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com on behalf of Dale W Jamieson Date: Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 9:04 AM To: 'GEP-Ed List Subject: [gep-ed] food systems at cop 28 dear friends, its clear that the UAE is planning on putting food systems at the center of COP 28. https://www.thenationalnews.com/climate/cop28/2023/11/20/food-and-climate-resilience-to-be-key-focus-of-cop28-agenda-uaes-mariam-al-mheiri-says/ a Leaders Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action has already been negotiated and will be released on dec 1 but i haven't been able to find the text. if anyone has access to the text i would appreciate you sending it to me. it is clear that insofar as there is substance here (beyond putting food systems on the agenda which is a good thing) it will involve the 'blue economy', 'regenerative ag', AI and other forms of high tec ag etc., but does anyone have any knowledge or thoughts about this representing an opening for strategies towards adopting meat reduction strategies in the overconsuming countries? thx, and would appreciate anything you can pass along on these topics. best, dale ** Dale Jamieson Director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection Affiliated Professor of Law. Medical Ethics, and Bioethics Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Emeritus New York University 285 Mercer Street, 7th floor New York NY 10003-6653 https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/dale-jamieson.html https://wp.nyu.edu/ceap/ For our report on Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease in the United States, visit https://s18798.pcdn.co/ceap/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/07/Animal-Markets-and-Zoonotic-Disease-in-the-United-States.pdf For our report on The Role of Agency, Sentience, and Cognition in the Protection of Aquatic Animals, visit: https://wp.nyu.edu/ceap/research/aquatic-animals-report-2023/ For our Climatic Change article on "Research Needs for a Food System Transition, visit https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03507-2 No Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of the white vote since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was proposed by Kennedy, championed by Johnson, and more strongly supported by Republicans than Democrats. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAAjgQKPOQAxz3i8YdYc-bZEuhXGJQsgQjs45wZb3voxCyHW8eQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAAjgQKPOQAxz3i8YdYc-bZEuhXGJQsgQjs45wZb3voxCyHW8eQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BY5PR02MB68514283D1E07B8746E2D84AD1BFA%40BY5PR02MB6851.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
[gep-ed] Our new study shows how REDD+, offsets, & the voluntary carbon market are failing
Released Sept. 15, the report is already getting press. About a quarter of all traded carbon credits have been based on REDD+ projects, most of them generated by the private company, Verra. Our study compares Verra’s data to published scientific literature and our own quantitative analysis and case-study research. We demonstrate that “current REDD+ methodologies generate credits that represent a small fraction of their claimed climate benefit" (p 1), while shifting the burden of climate-change mitigation onto rural communities and indigenous peoples. While our core technical results focus on Verra’s carbon-crediting methodologies, our findings are germane to all land-based offsetting schemes, including jurisdictional REDD+. They cast doubt on offsetting and market-based management – selling nature to save it – more broadly. While other studies have shown that REDD+ and similar “nature-based” climate solutions commonly overestimate their impact manyfold, this study is wider in scope. The authors include social scientists who consider the historical context in which carbon trading has evolved. The report discusses how REDD+, the flagship international conservation scheme, has failed to slow deforestation, and why most REDD+ projects are designed to change the behavior of the poor rather than to challenge the politically and economically powerful extractive industries that drive forest destruction. It describes how conflicts of interests in the self-regulating voluntary carbon market produce false claims of success, and how a race to the bottom in the offset industry is creating a flood of worthless credits. As a lead coauthor, I'd be happy to talk or correspond about our analysis, especially as it pertains to the rationales this 'market-based management' approach and the development and global-justice dimensions of offsetting and REDD+. Executive summary<https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/page/Quality-Assessment-of-REDD+-Carbon-Crediting-EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY.pdf> Full report<https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/page/Quality-Assessment-of-REDD+-Carbon-Crediting.pdf> Project webpage<https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-impact/centers/cepp/projects/berkeley-carbon-trading-project/redd> Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/popular-carbon-credits-fail-to-offset-emissions-probe-shows Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/15/rainforest-carbon-credit-schemes-misleading-and-ineffective-finds-report Kathy Kathleen McAfee Professor Emer., San Francisco State University New Study: Why REDD+ carbon offsets are failing Article: Why we should not endorse carbon offsets<https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/N2YSPHYTYPXMVC4NZGSV/full?target=10.1080/00330124.2021.1934879> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BY5PR02MB6851843A28627ED2E0F0ACB5D1F4A%40BY5PR02MB6851.namprd02.prod.outlook.com.
[gep-ed] New study shows California offsetting produces carbon 'ghost credits'
In case you missed it - This week saw the release of 3 linked publications that show how the offsetting part of California cap-&-trade program creates 'ghost credits' that allow Chevron, PG, and other major emitters to release more greenhouse gasses than our climate law would otherwise allow. The rules of the program let project developers game the system by deceptively claiming that the trees on forested parcels of land are storing more carbon and are in greater danger of being logged than is actually the case. ProPublica reporter Lisa Song and MIT's James explain <https://www.propublica.org/article/the-climate-solution-actually-adding-millions-of-tons-of-co2-into-the-atmosphere> how credits worth mega-millions have been paid to forest owners, including tribes in California and New Mexico. They site a new scientific paper pre-print <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.28.441870v1> (by Bay Area scientists Barbara Haya, Danny Cullenward, and others) and a related web site <https://carbonplan.org/research/forest-offsets-explainer> showing how these payouts are based cherry-picked data and lax oversight by state regulators (CARB). CARB, the offsetting entrepreneurs, and tribal spokespeople defend the policy, often highlighting good things some owners have does with the funds such as the Yurok buying back lands that were taken from them. But if our public policy is to promote such activities, shouldn't we be supporting them directly instead of making good forest management dependent on allowing Chevron, etc. to continue to cook the planet? (This was my point in the op ed I wrote <https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2021/03/cap-and-trade-offsets-at-a-crossroads-in-californias-climate-policy/> in CalMatters 1 month ago.) Happy May Day! Kathy -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CANHnacNR%2BNNEW3wMojVnmbkwaaJQ4Gm5eRJ338e5oH-iAzzsWA%40mail.gmail.com.
[gep-ed] Forest carbon-offset "solutions" are worse than doing nothing
My article in *The Mint*: "...Policies that prioritise the use of land for carbon storage impose a carbon ontology upon forested regions: carbon sequestration becomes the greatest value and primary purpose of landscapes and the eco-social systems that are interdependent with them. ...*" * https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-trillion-tree-delusion?fbclid=IwAR2Tad8SJ-x0kWbxwk0cq30B9Z87cDHbrOeb_C7TjbQHMx0fYT1ksPIiPfM -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CANHnacP4uxsL0yiirnmp22Ucpxw1TJXvxH-SnD%2Bxvw%3DWpjXOPA%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [gep-ed] Re: just a thought
You may list me for possible guest lecturing on climate policy, mainly California's (what's working and why cap-&-trade and offsets are not), problems of offsetting as a climate solution (why forest carbon offsets won't "save the Amazon", etc.), and the environmental injustice aspects of all this. Of course the content would be different for undergrads and postgrads, but I try to include hopeful directions, either way. On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:59 AM shapshapj wrote: > Hi I write and teach on China, some of you may know my textbook China’s > Environmental Challenges. I would actually be very happy to offer guest > lectures via zoom or skype as it would enliven my days, if anyone has a > unit that fits. Email me directly at shap...@american.edu. > > And by the way, I have a new book coming out this summer, coauthored with > Yifei Li, China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled > Planet, from Polity. Maybe some of you would like a review copy. Let me > know. > > Judy > > > > On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 11:31:08 PM UTC-4, Ronald Mitchell wrote: >> >> One other thought on the whole online learning thing – Zoom or other apps >> for streaming lectures might be an excellent, low-carbon way to bring in >> guest speakers. We could each “trade” guest lectures on our well-known >> subjects (the lectures we can give in our sleep), reducing workload of >> developing lectures for us while giving our students better content. >> >> >> >> I am not offering to coordinate this – just a suggestion in case anyone >> thinks it’s a good idea. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> Ronald Mitchell, Professor >> >> Department of Political Science and Program in Environmental Studies >> >> University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284 >> >> rmitc...@uoregon.edu >> >> https://rmitchel.uoregon.edu/ >> >> IEA Database Director: https://iea.uoregon.edu/ >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/4fead373-1c5f-4305-886e-8798af8e3eb9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/4fead373-1c5f-4305-886e-8798af8e3eb9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CANHnacO5pPAx9u5DUW0cM9npRmwYCukK8TXZk0TnJc3_37bNUw%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [gep-ed] fyi
day, July 8, 2019 at 12:56 PM > *To: *Gep-Ed > *Subject: *[gep-ed] fyi > > > > > > > > This commentary might interest some GEP members: > > > > Labor Unions And the Green New Deal: Love, Hate, Or Indifference? > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fprakashdolsak%2F2019%2F07%2F06%2Flabor-unions-and-the-green-new-deal-love-hate-or-indifference%2F%23357a86c26b83=02%7C01%7Cstacy.vandeveer%40umb.edu%7C2599190248c34f555ef108d703c54390%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636982018098582292=Dj3uukmygNWei8AqjT8RQHxHGEuHkyHvJYXrNTNcfeY%3D=0> > > > > thanks, > > > > Aseem > > > > > > Aseem Prakash > Professor, Department of Political Science > Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences > Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics > University of Washington, Seattle > https://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/ > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.washington.edu%2Faseem%2F=02%7C01%7Cstacy.vandeveer%40umb.edu%7C2599190248c34f555ef108d703c54390%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636982018098592288=hSfGIuBHPUtz7yi%2Fu1dAJvx%2BingyEftG8WvsyHlmiMs%3D=0> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BN8PR08MB5778AA002532FADC00E5CE3FDDF60%40BN8PR08MB5778.namprd08.prod.outlook.com > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fgep-ed%2FBN8PR08MB5778AA002532FADC00E5CE3FDDF60%2540BN8PR08MB5778.namprd08.prod.outlook.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter=02%7C01%7Cstacy.vandeveer%40umb.edu%7C2599190248c34f555ef108d703c54390%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636982018098602292=vn820KlWF0eAAOHYAFcsHZNQoS9Ruk2%2B1VpOLt6%2BQeY%3D=0> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/E609A6FE-DF62-4EE6-A7D6-B93858084D82%40umb.edu > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/E609A6FE-DF62-4EE6-A7D6-B93858084D82%40umb.edu?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BN8PR08MB5778E0C819A6E2542EAB2AF60%40BN8PR08MB5778.namprd08.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BN8PR08MB5778E0C819A6E2542EAB2AF60%40BN8PR08MB5778.namprd08.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > > > > [image: EdUHK_logo] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/HK0PR06MB320119A81F4C4B4C3A47309DC3F10%40HK0PR06MB3201.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/HK0PR06MB320119A81F4C4B4C3A47309DC3F10%40HK0PR06MB3201.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BN7PR04MB4258D10D30B5BDEFB81B4092A4F10%40BN7PR04MB4258.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/BN7PR04MB4258D10D30B5BDEFB81B4092A4F10%40BN7PR04MB4258.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer> > . > -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CANHnacP5Y8_%3DxBC9prnNVJ6Ojn5zwPqTw_bJdOzqHwxKbZuaHg%40mail.gmail.com.
[gep-ed] scholars' open letter on California tropical forest offsets proposal
Dear friends and colleagues, Forgive me if you've already seen this open letter to the California Air Resources Board. *Please sign it have done research relevant to REDD+/PES, carbon trading/offsets, tropical forest conservation, etc. and agree with our message of caution.* We have 50+ signatures so far; hope to get more by *Nov. 11.* We'll present it at a pubic ARB session on Nov. 16. Links to letter & sign-on are below. Here's the story: The ARB may soon approve yet another way for the state's biggest greenhouse-gas emitters to buy their way out of their legal obligations by purchasing dubious offsets, this time in the global South. ARB's proposed new Tropical Forest Standard would link California's cap-and-trade program to subnational states in the forested tropics. This is a bad idea for reasons we have tried to summarize in the letter. It would set a terrible international precedent as California officials continue to promote the state's climate policy as a model for the world. Until now the ARB has mainly taken its cues from environmental economists, its own technical staff, big green NGOs, carefully vetted officials and indigenous spokespeople from Brazil and Mexico, and consultants with personal and career interests in carbon trading and forest conservation financed by offsets. The ARB board and staff seem unaware of the actual record and problems of REDD+ PES, and when told about this, respond that their proposed "jurisdictional REDD" would surmount such problems. Our letter voices widespread concerns about forest carbon offset programs shared by so many geographers and other researchers who are closer to understanding how these projects are working on the ground. We three authors are approaching this from different perspectives but we think the case against this TFS initiative is very strong. We are not condemning REDD+, etc., nor offsets in general in the letter. We are stressing the ways that the TFS could implicate the state in harmful practices, would fail to achieve any net environmental gain, and fails to meet California's legislated requirements. Please sign if you agree, and circulate the letter to other scholars with academic credentials who have worked on REDD/PES, carbon trading/offsetting, tropical forests/conservation/development, etc. We will be adding more citations: suggestions appreciated. ** You can add your name to the letter at THIS LINK <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIUh1PGTF-rdZXynXXARsiWH0m1aYsoZt31o4W2iqYfvXrMQ/viewform> : Here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pbwBoZDg26BaWgP28jcuCC316CSTFDq1/view?usp=sharing> is a link to the letter. Here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1plIObM7Ig3plgHYdlciQjPpLjGEEWYmA/view?usp=sharing> is information about the Tropical Forest Standard and how to submit individual letters to the ARB. Do let us know if you have questions or comments. Kathy -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu *Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. *Stephen Hawking -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [gep-ed] The Oxfam scandal shows that, yes, nonprofits can behave badly. So why aren’t they overseen like for-profits? (fwd)
Thanks for that important point and question, Tim. On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Forsyth,TJ <t.j.fors...@lse.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear Aseem and colleagues > Congratulations on your excellent article in the WP. But please can I > suggest that we all pause before fixing this narrative of the Oxfam crisis? > > I am not for one second condoning the behaviour of the staff in Haiti, nor > Oxfam’s economy of the truth in reporting it. But I do want to stress how > the story about Oxfam, and the recent flurry of added allegations about the > aid sector, have come at a time in the UK when there is a very clear > campaign to discredit overseas aid. The UK passed a law in 2015 to make it > a legal requirement to spend 0.7 percent of GNP on overseas aid, which has > been vigorously opposed by the same politicians and newspapers who have > fought to leave the EU. Many analysts believe that reducing trust in one of > the oldest brands associated with international aid is an effective route > to influencing public debate about aid along those same libertarian lines. > > Your article asks: "Why do nonprofit organizations behave in unprincipled > ways?” That’s a very good question. But I think we also have to ask “What > are the influences on the information we receive about nonprofits?” and “Do > other sectors get the same scrutiny?” I suggest we need to be more > cautious about how to interpret this widespread criticism of the aid sector > before assuming the stories are facts, and that the lessons are clear. > > Best regards > Tim F > Professor, Department of International Development, > London School of Economics and Political Science > > > > > On 19 Feb 2018, at 18:32, as...@u.washington.edu wrote: > > > > > Colleagues: > > Several scholars on this list study nonprofits/NGOs and have written on > governance failures. The article > we published on the Oxfam scandal in the Washington Post/Monkey Cage Today > might interest them: > The Oxfam scandal shows that, yes, nonprofits can behave badly. So why > aren’t they overseen like for-profits? > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/ > 02/19/the-oxfam-scandal-shows-that-yes-nonprofits-can- > behave-badly-so-why-arent-they-overseen-like-for-profits/?utm_term=. > 2c52a0e35df4 > > The civic sector plays an important role in the contemporary society.Yet, > the Oxfam scandal (and other scandals that are now getting revealed as well > as the cover-up at Oxfam since 2011 of the Haiti episode) raises serious > questions about our theoretical understanding of the NGO/nonprofit sector. > > Yes, this is not the first scandal. Nevertheless, if a moral leader such > as Oxfam has serious governance failures, we should seriously examine our > conception of the NGO/NPO sector -- with the intent to reform it. To do so, > we need to study both the successes and failures of NPO/NGO governance. > > Aseem > > > > > Aseem Prakash > Professor, Department of Political Science > Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences > Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics > 39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530 > University of Washington > Seattle, WA 98195-3530 > > http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/ > http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] JOB: International Social Movements & Organizations, San Francisco State, tenure-track
This new job is in a Department of International Relations. We are a multidisciplinary group and we are nice to each other. The students at SF State are the best reason to work here. The Department of International Relations (IR) at San Francisco State University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor with research and teaching interests in international civil society, social movements, and organizations, including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The position starts fall semester 2017 and offers the opportunity to participate in a highly diverse, internationally focused campus community with strong student interest in social justice and human rights. The position requires graduate and undergraduate teaching in international relations or related global-studies topics (usually five courses per year), student mentoring and advising, an active scholarship program in one's area of specialty, and ongoing committee and service assignments. The successful candidate should possess broad familiarity with theory and approaches to IR or related social sciences. S/he must have a PhD by the time of appointment and a record of publications or strong, publishable manuscripts. Applicants should send material by email to i...@sfsu.edu: 1) A letter of application; 2) A statement of research and teaching interests, along with syllabi if available; 3) A curriculum vitae; 4) At least one academic publication or other sample of scholarly writing. Consideration of applications will commence November 7 and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates under consideration for interviews will be asked to provide three letters of recommendation. San Francisco State University, part of the California State University system, serves 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty are expected to be effective teachers and demonstrate professional achievement through research, scholarship, and/or creative work. San Francisco State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong commitment to diversity. We welcome applicants of all ethnic, racial and gender identities, sexual orientations as well as people with disabilities. We particularly encourage applicants from historically underrepresented groups. -- Kathleen McAfee Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [gep-ed] national poilcy positions
al Studies >> >> University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284 >> >> rmitc...@uoregon.edu >> >> http://rmitchel.uoregon.edu/ >> >> IEA Database Director: http://iea.uoregon.edu/ >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kathleen McAfee Associate Professor, International Relations San Francisco State University kmca...@sfsu.edu Office hours HSS 381 most Thursdays 4:30-6:30 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
