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PEACE & JUSTICE --
LEYMAH GBOWEE: A POWERFUL VOICE FOR PEACE
by Kwami Nyamidie

LEYMAH GBOWEE'S NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE HELPED STOP THE LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR. SHE NOW HELPS OTHER WOMEN PROMOTE PEACE THROUGHOUT AFRICA.

GBOWEE, WHOSE WORK BECAME FAMOUS FOLLOWING THE 2008 DOCUMENTARY PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, NOW LIVES IN ACCRA, GHANA, WHERE SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY NETWORK-AFRICA, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN PEACE AND SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA.

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QUITO, ECUADOR, (ENS) - THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR AND THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME HAVE AGREED TO ESTABLISH A TRUST FUND TO PROTECT AN ECOLOGICALLY UNIQUE SITE IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON FROM OIL DEVELOPMENT.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THE DEAL SIGNED TUESDAY IN QUITO LEAVES AN ESTIMATED 846 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL IN THE GROUND BENEATH YASUNI NATIONAL PARK IN EXCHANGE FOR PAYMENTS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR IN COMPENSATION FOR FOREGONE REVENUE.

THE ACCORD WILL PREVENT THE DISCHARGE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF MORE THAN 400 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM BURNING THE OIL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE ISHPINGO-TAMBOCOCHA-TIPUTINI, OR ITT, FIELDS IN EASTERN ECUADOR.

THIS PRECEDENT OF AVOIDED CO2 EMISSIONS COULD BECOME A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS.

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MONGABY ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS



EU MANDATES BIOFUEL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
TO PROTECT FORESTS, WETLANDS
mongabay.com

THE E.U. TODAY MOVED TO ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR BIOFUELS USED IN EUROPE, REQUIRING BIOFUELS TO DELIVER "SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS" IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND NOT RESULT IN CONVERSION OF FORESTS OR WETLANDS, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

THE PLAN CALLS FOR INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS TO SET UP "VOLUNTARY SCHEMES" WHICH CERTIFY THAT BIOFUELS USED IN THE E.U. MEET SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA. THE "SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CERTIFICATES" WILL BE POLICED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

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