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Acción contra la tercera Mesa Redonda de la Soja 'Responsable'

Campesinos paraguayos protestanCampesinos paraguayos protestanMiércoles 23 de abril de 2008, Buenos Aires:
Mientras transcurría la 3er Mesa Redonda de Soja Responsable, un grupo representativo de las más de 400 organizaciones de todo el mundo que firmamos una Declaración en rechazo al evento , nos expresamos a través de una manifestación pacifica, que se desarrollo del siguiente modo.

Round Table set to certify damaging soy, new report shows

The Round Table on Responsible Soy is seeking to legitimise irresponsible, socially and environmentally damaging soy production, according to a new report published today (Tuesday 22 April) ahead of the Round Table on Responsible Soy’s third conference in Buenos Aires.

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RTbriefing 2008_6.pdf1.03 MB

(german) How they greenwash soy.

Article by Reto Sonderegger in German in Swiss newspaper, critising RTRS. PDF in attachment.

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Statements against the 3th RoundTable on Responsible Soy

Protest at RTRS2 in ParaguayProtest at RTRS2 in ParaguayOver 200 organisations from North and South condemn Roundtable for Responsible Soy as 'corporate greenwash'. (See below for full list.)

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carta de solidaridad marzo 26.doc34.5 KB
gacetilla_soja_no_sustentable_2[1].pdf81.44 KB
FoEI RTRS ENGLISH FINAL-1.pdf46.55 KB
Organizaciones 20 de abril final.pdf81.34 KB

Response to next 'Responsible' soy meeting in Argentina: where monocultures exist there can be no sustainability!

Argentinian organisation GRR (Grupo de Reflexion Rural) responds to the responsible soy proposal and to the round tables held by agri-business and their collaborators.
This in reference to the next Round Table on 'responsible' soy held on the 23rd and 24th of April, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference's theme is "responsible soy: food, feed and fuel for a future world *

Greenwashing the soy industry

An information booklet prepared by the GRR (Grupo Reflexión Rural, Argentina) in preparation of grassroots protest to the first Round Table on 'Sustainable' Soy held in Foz do Iguazú in march 2005. This RoundTable was initiated by the WWF and organised by Unilever, André Maggi Corporation of Brazil, COOP (Switzerland), and the NGOs and Civil Society organisations, WWF, CORDAID, and FETRAF-SUL.

Publicación en castellano en http://www.grr.org.ar/iguazu/

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Sustainable soy or destruction under green image?

On Monday october 15th, 2007, in Wageningen (The Netherlands), a conference is being held on "Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil. Responsable soy for food, feed and fuel" On this conference the Brazilian soy lobby, Brazilian minister of agriculture and researchers will talk about strategies to develop and 'realise'sustainable soy production. Various organisations however think that the emphasis should be to stop the expansion of soy production and consumption.

Precaucion: WWF y FSC en aceite de palma y de soja certificados.

¿Cómo grandes ONG de medio ambiente del petróleo las ruedas del concurso internacional de agro-negocios y la silvicultura.
por Sonderegger Reto: Probablemente hay ningún niño en Suiza que no conoce la cuddly panda, la imagen y el logotipo del Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF). Muchos incluso donan parte de su dinero de bolsillo para la conservación de tigres y elefantes; para proyectos destinadas a proteger su hábitat natural. Sin embargo, casi nadie es consciente de que la WWF es la organización de "mesas redondas" con aquellos que, impulsado por el consumo masivo en el Norte, son los principales responsables de la gigantesca red de destrucción. Por lo tanto, tener una mirada crítica en la Mesa Redonda de Aceite de Palma Sostenible y en la Mesa Redonda de Soja Responsable, y también en la etiqueta de madera FSC - el Forest Stewardship Council.

Seconde Round Table on Responsible Soy conference, Paraguay 2006

Taking into account the deplorable human rights and socio-economic situation in Paraguay, the choice for this country to organise a Round Table conference on "responsible" soy was a bit of a strange one. The second RTRS conference inspired a united resistance among small farmers organisations, unions and NGOs in Paraguay.
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What is the 'Round Table on Responsible Soy'?

In order to address the problems created by the production of commodities like palmoil, sugar cane and soy, WWF initiated various Round Table processes, mainly between NGOs and industry. These initiatives have met with a lot of reservation or outright opposition from other parts of civil society in producer countries. Notably the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS)has sparked a lot of debate. Can large scale grown commodities like soy, or palm oil, be called 'sustainable' or even 'responsible'?

WWF may argue that "Industry creates the problem, and therefore also has to be part of the solution" - many see that differently. MOCASE (Via Campesina Argentina) for example, portrays the situation in the Argentinean countryside as a 'war' between two production models: small scale farming versus large scale soy plantations.

Both RTRS conferences that have been held so far triggered counterevents and demonstrations.

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