Inside the Killzone

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every day I come across stuff like this, earth destruction is more massive than ever.
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The Empire Files: Chevron vs. the Amazon - Inside the Killzone

Published on Aug 15, 2016

A U.S. court just handed another victory to the oil giant Chevron Texaco, in its decades-long battle to avoid paying damages it owes in one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

In the Ecuadorean Amazon, the most biodiverse area of the world, the energy titan deliberately poisoned 5 million acres of pristine habitat and subjected tens of thousands of indigenous peoples to destruction of their health and culture.

In Part 1 of 'Chevron vs. the Amazon,' Abby Martin takes The Empire Files inside Chevron Texaco's Amazon killzone to see the areas deemed "remediated" by Chevron, and spoke with the people living in the aftermath.

https://videos.telesurtv.net/en/video/579437/the-empire-files-579437



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7hrQUgIcw

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indeed what is wrong with owning nature and knowledge again?

same rule for everybody: NO patenting, trademarking nor copyrighting
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‘Foreign corporations have filed over 11,000 patents for a staggering 4,400 Peruvian plant products.

The production and consumption of natural Andean and Amazonian ancestral products in Peru is threatened by the “biopiracy” of foreign companies who have filed over 11,690 patents for the domestic produce of the region, effectively poaching the natural heritage of the country. The resources are said to be rich in nutrients and vitamins and range from those with anti-aging properties to those that act as natural aphrodisiacs.

Small farmers could be among those worst affected if foreign companies obtain the patents. “Campesinos have been guardians of seeds and diversity generation after generation, from our ancestors to our fathers we have inherited the seeds,” said Director of the National Association of Ecological Products of Peru Moises Quispe.’

Peru has 4,400 species of native plants with various uses, including 1,200 which have medicinal properties. The products that have the highest number of patents filed are Tara with 3,989, Yacon with 3,211, Maca with 1,406, Cat’s Claw with 843, Cascarilla with 648 and Purple Corn with 294, among 23 others. The data was collected by the state-run National Commission Against Biopiracy, but they only monitor 35 of the 4,400 species facing this threat.

Read more: Corporate ‘Biopiracy’ In Peru Threatens Indigenous Knowledge and ‘Intellectual Property Rights’


http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Corporate-Biopiracy-in-Peru-Threatens-Indigenous-Knowledge-20161005-0020.html