** Message from sender: *Industrial agriculture is the cause of deforestation and the loss of habitat for animals & humans. The evidence is damning against the WWF: DuPont, Walmart, CocaCola, Bank of America on the BoD. Tony Del Plato *
[image: Truthout] Published on *Truthout* (http://www.truth-out.org) Home <http://www.truth-out.org/> > Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured “Big Conservation”? ------------------------------ Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured “Big Conservation”? By *Sari* Created *2012-03-06 07:44* Jonathan Latham <http://www.truth-out.org/jonathan-latham/1331048641> [1] Source: Dollars and Sense Display date: Tuesday 6 March 2012 Published Date: Tue, 2012-03-06 (All day) Label: Report Imagine an international mega-deal. The global organic food industry agrees to support international agribusiness in clearing as much tropical rainforest as they want for farming. In return, agribusiness agrees to farm the now-deforested land using organic methods, and the organic industry encourages its supporters to buy the resulting timber and food under the newly devised “Rainforest Plus” label. There would surely be an international outcry. Jonathan R. Latham, PhD, is co-founder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project, which is the publisher of Independent Science News (independentsciencenews.org). He has published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, virology, and genetics. - News <http://www.truth-out.org/category/choose-type/news-0> ------------------------------ *Source URL:* http://www.truth-out.org/way-beyond-greenwashing-have-corporations-captured-big-conservation/1331048650 *Links:* [1] http://www.truth-out.org/jonathan-latham/1331048641 [2] http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/030612_3.jpg [3] http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/030612_3_ag.jpg -- * Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
