WEEK 1:

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DIRECT ACTION REQUEST 1: TYING IN ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CHAIN THAT SUPPORT REDD+

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Consider the media strategies of taking actions against climate change: by Climate International: 

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https://www.conservation.org/nature-is-speaking/Pages/Shailene-Woodley-Is-Forest.aspx

 

Where is the entry point into taking action within the visual communication?

 

https://www.conservation.org/what/pages/forests.aspx

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Upon entry to the site the first call for action is to fund the organisation itself. How does that make you feel about the organisation?

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https://www.conservation.org/projects/pages/saving-forests-to-keep-our-climate-safe-redd.aspx

 

Reading further into what you are funding we see nature being translated as “having benefits” and to quantify the value of those benefits for decision-makers. This implies that decision makers are unaware that nature is of any benefit at all. How does that make you feel about Emmanuel’s analysis that to strategise to evolve REDD+ is not worth it as to strategise on a false premise is to legitimizing something inherently wrong?

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 As we can see, you don’t have to scratch far to see that REDD+ has been accepted by the conservation sector of charity institutions. What other NGOs can you find that are supporting REDD+? How would you communicate with them about Emmanuel’s view of REDD+ and requests for accessibility (FPIC) and his warning that it is not a solution to climate change as it is not a process led by forest dwelling peoples who know conservation from a lived experience perspective? How could you change this institutions behaviour could directly benefit Emmanuel in a practical way that he has asked for support with? How could you change your own behaviour in your daily life to directly support Emmanuel to conserve the forests?