Increased SE Asia Interest in Himalayan Consensus and its principles
Laurence Brahm
This year, there has been a significant increase in interest from South East Asia in Himalayan Consensus due to heightened concern over relations between SE Asia, China and India. As a result, our founder Laurence Brahm was invited on a speaking tour of South East Asia in June/July of this year. Click below to see the Press Release and Media coverage from this trip.
28 April 2011 African Consensus crystallized
Laurence Brahm
On 28 April 2011 the African Commission for Human and Peoples' rights adopted African Consensus as a declaration in Dakar, Senegal. In it, it calls for the formation of an African Consensus Institute. Stay tuned, the African Consensus website is under development. Click here to see the African Consensus Declaration in English, and the cover declaration in French. Click here to see our video featuring Dijier Awadi, produced by his Sacarra Studios in Dakar, Senegal
African Consensus; the Momentum Builds
Laurence Brahm
On the 28th of April, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will hold the 49th Ordinary Session, and it is expected that the African Consensus Resolution will be tabled for discussion and adoption. There is a strong view that African consensus offers an “African” solution, a localized economic model which is Africans own response to the Washington consensus.
As one African NGO commentator said; “With so much poverty around us, we have no other choice but to take action into our own hands”.
Scientists flee as China's leading rainforest restoration project is devastated by 'controlled' fire
A fire has ravaged the TianZi Rainforestation Farm, one of the world's most advanced projects for rainforest restoration, destroying many acres of precious forest, more than 3.5million seedlings, 6 tons of seeds and hundreds of thousands of orchids. Hundreds of local people have been fighting the blaze at the site of the project in the Bulang mountains of Xishuangbanna, but they have been unable to prevent a severe loss of bio-culture.
"This damage is of global significance. The destruction of millions of seedlings and a large part of the orchid collection is deplorable," said Friedhelm Göltenboth from the University of Hohenheim-Stuttgart.
Call for Help!
Dakar, Senegal: Land around the TianZi Rainforestation Farm has been continuously burning for the last few days. On February 28, 2011, a 'controlled' fire went wild due to high temperatures and prevailing strong winds. At approximately 14:30 pm, the fire entered the borders of the TianZi-owned property and spread rapidly with inferno-like flames.
African Consensus Resolution
February 15, 2011
The African Consensus economic development paradigm is applicable in other underdeveloped countries (and in growing pockets of underdevelopment within developed countries). The African Consensus Institute pursues a program of cross networking in regions both within and outside the continent. Through internet and coordinated on-line media networking, African Consensus Institute is linking often separate and individual agendas of NGOs, social entrepreneurs, and individual activists, into a comprehensive lobbying platform that can provide the critical mass needed to rationally lobby government policy makers and international institutions. This new consensus will call for fresh and pragmatic approaches to reducing cyclical poverty, ending ethnic marginalization, and protecting our planet’s environment.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM – Press Release: for immediate release
Dakar, Senegal: On the afternoon of February 1st, 2011, World Social Forum coordinator Miniane Deouf convened a meeting calling for African Consensus. The meeting was held at the CRES (Center for Research of Economy and Society), an important think tank in Senegal.