At our October 2013 Speaker meeting, Vickie Peck presented
“Connecting the Climate Dots from New Mexico to the Amazon”
Contact via email: vmpeck@gmail.com
Home/office: 505-867-1588
Resources and References:
NM Climate Change and the Hadley Cycle
- William deBuys, A Great Aridness – Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, Oxford University Press, 2011
- R Seager, Science 316:1181 (2007)
- DJ Seidel ; Nature Geoscience1 (1): 21–4. doi:10.3038/ngeo.2007.38.
- C Johanson, J. of Climate Vol 22, p2713 2009
Yasuni ITT project, Biodiversity and REDD program
- Oil and Gas Projects in the Western Amazon: Threats to Wilderness, Biodiversity, and Indigenous Peoples (Finer et al, PLoS ONE 3:8:e2932 (2008))
- Fire in Amazon and REDD Science 328:1275 (2010)
- Trees or Oil, The Economist July 2, 2009
- Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity (Hoorn, C et. al. Science 330:927 Nov 12, 2010)
- A two-page summary and in-depth fact sheets about REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus pro-forest activities): (broken link: ucsusa.org/REDD)
Carbon Sequestration by Tropical Forests
- Malhi, et al, Science 319:169 (2008)
- Nature Climate Change 2, 182-185 (2012) doi:10.1038/nmclimate1354
Rainforest Cultures
- The Achuars’ Kapawi Ecolodge http://www.kapawi.com
- Spears of Twilight- Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle (1993), Philippe Descola
- Amazon Beaming, Petru Popescu (1991) – Uncontacted Amazonian tribal customs and lifeways
Correa’s Ecuador – Oil Concessions, Debt, Politics
- PLoS ONE 3:8:e2932 Aug 5, 2008; Sawyer S (2004)
- Crude Chronicles: Indigenous politics, multinational oil, and neoliberalism in Ecuador. Durham: Duke University Press
- The Economist, Oil in Ecuador – It’s hard to be green. Correa gets away with a U-Turn Sep 28, 2013 (print edition)
- The Economist, Oil, Ecuador and The Economist – A volcano erupts. Rafael Correa lambasts us and “the empire of capital”, Oct 12, 2013 (print edition)
Amazon Deforestation, Drought
- Malhi et. al. Science 319:169 (2008)
- SL Lewis et. al, Science 331:554 (2011)
Ecuadorian Environmental Legal Cases
- Chevron Texaco Case Chevron Ordered to pay $9 billion for Ecuador Pollution (NYTimes.com, Feb. 14, 2011)
- Jungle Justice: Ecuador Recognizes Rights Violations in Sarayaku Case
- United Nations UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)
Rights of Nature
The Pachamama Alliance
- Journey Program (http://www.pachamama.org/advocacy)
- Awakening the Dreamer (www.pachamama.org/workshops/awakening-the-dreamer-symposium)
- Alternative Economy Campaign (www.eartheconomics.org/)
- Fundacion Pachamama (http://pachamama.org.ec/) The Pachamama Alliance’s sister org in Ecuador (in Spanish) Up-to-date developments in the Pachamama Alliance’s work in the Global South
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