Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Revision history

Tamasin Cave at 10:10, 10 November 2015

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Josh Leeson at 17:12, 29 January 2015

2015-01-29T17:12:40Z

Josh Leeson at 17:09, 29 January 2015

2015-01-29T17:09:57Z

Melissa Jones: /* People */ new global comms head

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People: new global comms head

Claire Robinson at 20:35, 29 April 2010

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Claire Robinson: /* Support for GM in Africa */

2009-09-05T16:04:49Z

Support for GM in Africa

Claire Robinson: /* Activities in Nigeria */

2009-09-05T16:03:20Z

Activities in Nigeria

Claire Robinson: /* Activities in Nigeria */

2009-09-05T15:52:44Z

Activities in Nigeria

Claire Robinson: /* Support for GM in Africa */

2009-09-05T15:45:08Z

Support for GM in Africa

Claire Robinson at 15:43, 5 September 2009

2009-09-05T15:43:44Z

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-*[[Weber Shandwick]]<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Weber%20Shandwick Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 29 January 2015 </ref>
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	*[[Jeremy Hillman]] - global director of external relations from August 2011 - joins after 17 years at [[BBC]], most recently as editor of the economics and business centre <ref> Matt Cartmell, [http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1073374/BBCs-Jeremy-Hillman-takes-global-comms-role-Gates-Foundation/ BBC's Jeremy Hillman takes global comms role at Gates Foundation], prweek.com, 02 June 2011 </ref>		*[[Jeremy Hillman]] - global director of external relations from August 2011 - joins after 17 years at [[BBC]], most recently as editor of the economics and business centre <ref> Matt Cartmell, [http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1073374/BBCs-Jeremy-Hillman-takes-global-comms-role-Gates-Foundation/ BBC's Jeremy Hillman takes global comms role at Gates Foundation], prweek.com, 02 June 2011 </ref>
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		+	==Lobbying firms==
		+	*[[Weber Shandwick]]<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Weber%20Shandwick Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 29 January 2015 </ref>

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 *[[Calestous Juma]] - director, [[Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project]] funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Also Professor of the Practice of International Development; and Director, Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.<ref>[http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/calestous-juma Calestous Juma], Harvard website, acc 29 Apr 2010</ref>
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		+	*[[Calestous Juma]] - director, [[Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project]] funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Also Professor of the Practice of International Development; and Director, Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.<ref>[http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/calestous-juma Calestous Juma], Harvard website, acc 29 Apr 2010</ref>

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 . Introduction of genetic engineering - the driving force behind AGRA initiative - will make smallholder systems more environmentally vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa.
-. The introduction of GE crops into smallholder agriculture will likely lead to the indebtedness of these farmers.
+. The introduction of GM crops into smallholder agriculture will likely lead to the indebtedness of these farmers.
 . AGRA's assertion that "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) ignores the many successful agroecological and non-corporate approaches to agricultural development that have grown in the wake of the Green Revolution's failures.

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 The LA Times states:
 :hundreds of Gates Foundation investments — totaling at least $8.7 billion, or 41% of its assets, not including U.S. and foreign government securities — have been in companies that countered the foundation's charitable goals or socially concerned philosophy.<ref>Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, [http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation], Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref>
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 :has invested $423 million in [[Eni]], Royal Dutch [[Shell]], [[ExxonMobil]] Corp., [[Chevron]] Corp. and [[Total]] of France — the companies responsible for most of the flares blanketing the [Niger] delta with pollution, beyond anything permitted in the United States or Europe.<ref>Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, [http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation], Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref>
-The article reports that a local physician blames the oil flares for a range of health problems in Ebocha:
+The article reports that a local physician blames the oil flares for a range of health problems in Ebocha, including:
 :an epidemic of bronchitis in adults, and asthma and blurred vision in children. No definitive studies have documented the health effects, but many of the 250 toxic chemicals in the fumes and soot have long been linked to respiratory disease and cancer.<ref>Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, [http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation], Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref>
 The LA Times article cites other conflicts between the Gates Foundation's philanthropic work in the region and its corporate investments:
 :Oil workers ... and soldiers protecting them are a magnet for prostitution, contributing to a surge in HIV and teenage pregnancy, both targets in the Gates Foundation's efforts to ease the ills of society, especially among the poor. Oil bore holes fill with stagnant water, which is ideal for mosquitoes that spread malaria, one of the diseases the foundation is fighting.<ref>Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, [http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation], Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref>
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-In October 2006 the Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First, released a report that was highly critical of the [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]] and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations' $150 million "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa" (AGRA). The "Green Revolution" that the Gates Foundation wants to see is highly dependent on genetically modified (GM) crops and technology.
+In October 2006 the Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First, released a report that was highly critical of the [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]] and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations' $150 million "[[Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa]]" (AGRA). The "Green Revolution" that the Gates Foundation wants to see is highly dependent on genetically modified (GM) crops and technology.
 The Food First Policy Brief is titled: "Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations' Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa", by Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., Miguel A. Altieri , Ph.D., and Peter Rosset, Ph.D.<ref>Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D., and Peter Rosset, Ph.D., [http://www.foodfirst.org/files/pdf/policybriefs/pb12.pdf Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa], Food First Policy Brief No.12, October 2006, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref>