El comercio de los servicios ecosistémicos

Cuando el pago por servicios ambientales  se convierte en un permiso para destruir. [Jutta Kill, World Rainforest Movement] Introducción. “Hay que poner fin a la invisibilidad económica de la naturaleza”(3), escribe en su blog Pavan Sukhdev, autor del estudio TEEB. Varios economistas, corporaciones y ONG conservacionistas se hacen eco de esa declaración. Afirman que el valor de la naturaleza no es visible y que, por … Continue reading El comercio de los servicios ecosistémicos

The Right to the City

[David Harvey – New Left Review 53, 2008] We live in an era when ideals of human rights have moved centre stage both politically and ethically. A great deal of energy is expended in promoting their significance for the construction of a better world. But for the most part the concepts circulating do not fundamentally challenge hegemonic liberal and neoliberal market logics, or the dominant modes … Continue reading The Right to the City

The Systemic Crisis & Reconfiguration of Capitalism

[Pablo Solón] We are living through a systemic crisis. It is not only a deep economic crisis; it is a crisis of humanity and of Planet Earth. It is a crisis that involves the entire society, the reconfiguration of imperialist and neo-colonialist powers, our values, the rights of women, the rights of nature and the rights of many groups that are oppressed and marginalized because of their nationality, culture, beliefs, sexual orientation and the existence of caste, patriarchal and authoritarian regimes.

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