Sunday November 4th 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Optional workshops Communications. Facilitator Josefina Ramirez REDD. Facilitator Walter Gomez Solid wastes. Facilitator Ana María Vasquez Ecological debt. Facilitator Cristina Alonso Monday November 5th 5:00 Mayan ceremony. 8:00 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 9:30 Preliminary Session Facilitators: Silvia Quiroa and José Acosta CESTA/FOE El Salvador Description of agenda Greetings President of the University President of CESTA Leaders of MOVIAC Chairman of Friends of the Earth International
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9:30 - 10:30 Panel: Global context and local responses. Facilitator: Nieves Capote Otros Mundos/FOE México Climate change, global problems and the crisis of the system Ricardo Navarro CESTA/FOE El Salvador Social movements and struggle for territories Juan Almendares Madre Tierra/FOE Honduras 10:30 – 11:00 Participant’s remarks
11:00 – 1:00 Panel: Mega Projects Facilitator: Tania González Otros Mundos/AT México Agrobusiness and land grabbing. Karin Nansen. Redes/FOE Uruguay. Vice Chair of Excom of Friends of the Earth International Forests and REDD. Isaac Rojas. Coecoceiba/FOE Costa Rica. Coordinator of the Forest and Biodiversity Program of Friends of the Earth international Water and Hydroelectric dams. Marco Von Borstel. Otros Mundos/AT México, REDLAR Mining in the Mesoamerican region. Natalia Atz Sunut. Ceiba/AT Guatemala. Mesoamerican Movement against the Extractive mining Model M4 Incineration of Urban Wastes. Jorge Tadeo Vargas, Marea Creciente, Mexico. GAIA 1:00 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 – 3:00 Participant’s remarks 3:00 – 5:00 Panel: Social movements and alternatives to the crisis Facilitator: Grace García Coecoceiba/FOE Costa Rica The Economic proposal. Raúl Moreno Universidad de El Salvador Movement of Victims and Peoples Affected by Climate Change and Megaprojects. Jose Santos Guevara Acudesbal El Salvador The Energy Proposal. Tatiana Roa Censat/FOE Colombia
Peasants struggles and food sovereignty. Mauricio Vanegas Funprocoop La Via Campesina Gender equity in the socio environmental struggle. Sandra Morán, Guatemala. World March for Women 5:00 – 5:30 Participant’s remarks 5:30 – 7:00 Panel: Global problems Facilitator: Ismael Sánchez. CESTA/FOE El Salvador. The resource looting of Africa. By whom? For whom? Bobby Peek Groundwork/FOE South Africa The violation of human and environmental rights Nnimmo Bassey ERA/FOE Nigeria Climate disasters in Asia Hemantha Withanage Center for Environmental Justice/FOE. Sri Lanka Democracy or Corpocracy Jagoda Munic Zelena Akcija/FOE Croatia 7:30 Dinner
Tuesday Nov. 6th 8:00 – 10:00 Panel: National Strategies of the Movement of Victims and Peoples Affected by Climate Change and Megaprojects (MOVIAC) Facilitators: Silvia Quiroa and Jose Acosta CESTA/FOE El Salvador Presentation of Mexico
Presentation of Guatemala Presentation of El Salvador Presentation of Honduras Presentation of Costa Rica Presentation of Nicaragua 10:00 10:30 Presentation of MOVIAC regional strategy 10:30 – 12:30 Discussion of the regional strategy 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 4:30 March 4:30 - 8:00 Cultural festival 8:30 Dinner