36541
2007-08
2192
ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL FOR SAVING THE YASUNI FOREST
Colin Challen
2008-10-07
That this House welcomes the proposal of the Ecuadorian government to preserve the Yasunà forest by asking the international community to pay for not exploiting the oil reserves which lie underneath it; but believes that the proposal must include an unconditional, non-reversible commitment from the Ecuadorian government to preserve Yasunà and protect the human rights of its people and must include an unlimited extension of the time given to reach agreement on how to do this and an international process led by the Ecuadorian Government, with full participation from local and indigenous groups in the region, to create a clear, coherent and fully representative proposal for securing a long-term sustainable future for YasunÃ; believes that this process should work in partnership with supportive non-governmental organisations and governments, and must also include a further assurance that any financial support from governments will come through an open, democratic and accountable process, and will not involve carbon trading, World Bank funding or debt cancellation schemes, which have proved ineffective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and damaging to local people's rights around the world; and finally considers that the proposal must include an assurance that any other projects which may have a negative impact on the area will not be allowed to go ahead.
Environmental protection
Human rights
International politics and government
Latin America
Colin Challen
2008-10-07
Proposed
Morley and Rothwell
Labour
Andrew George
2008-10-07
Seconded
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Mark Durkan
2008-10-07
Seconded
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gordon Prentice
2008-10-08
Seconded
Pendle
Labour
David Taylor
2008-10-08
Seconded
North West Leicestershire
Labour
Martin Caton
2008-10-08
Seconded
Gower
Labour
Desmond Turner
2008-10-08
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Jim Devine
2008-10-08
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Mike Hancock
2008-10-08
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
David Drew
2008-10-08
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2008-10-08
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Colin Burgon
2008-10-08
Signed
Elmet
Labour
John Mann
2008-10-08
Signed
Bassetlaw
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-10-08
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Alan Meale
2008-10-09
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Ann Cryer
2008-10-09
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-10-13
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2008-10-13
Signed
Hampstead and Highgate
Labour
Harry Cohen
2008-10-13
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Bill Etherington
2008-10-13
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Paul Flynn
2008-10-13
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Lindsay Hoyle
2008-10-14
Signed
Chorley
Labour
Alasdair McDonnell
2008-10-14
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Janet Dean
2008-10-15
Signed
Burton
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2008-10-15
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Rudi Vis
2008-10-15
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Ian McCartney
2008-10-16
Signed
Makerfield
Labour
Michael Clapham
2008-10-16
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
John Battle
2008-10-16
Signed
Leeds West
Labour
John Leech
2008-10-16
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Katy Clark
2008-10-17
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Brian Jenkins
2008-10-21
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
Alan Simpson
2008-10-22
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Michael Jabez Foster
2008-10-22
Signed
Hastings and Rye
Labour
David Laws
2008-11-10
Signed
Yeovil
Liberal Democrat
Paddy Tipping
2008-11-10
Signed
Sherwood
Labour
Joan Walley
2008-11-12
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Vincent Cable
2008-11-17
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Robert Marshall-Andrews
2008-11-18
Signed
Medway
Labour
John McDonnell
2008-11-20
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Austin Mitchell
2008-11-20
Signed
Great Grimsby
Labour
Emily Thornberry
2008-11-20
Signed
Islington South and Finsbury
Labour
Nicholas Winterton
2008-11-24
Signed
Macclesfield
Conservative