James Mayers

@JamesMayers1

Natural Resources Group Head . Tweets are my own. Give power over land and resources to the wise people out there, not those chumps.

Edinburgh, Scotland
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Jun 2021

    How many politicians does it take to plant a tree? I have a go at answering in my blog: Trees need locally-grown politics,

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  2. 9 Nov 2021

    Great online questions and discussion in already - and in other sessions this week and last. But have ANY online questions got through in any of the formal in-person sessions at yet?

    How do we link messaging with other discussions at ? Facilitated by Bettina Koelle of & IIED's , we're discussing now at the D&C Days opening plenary. -->
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  3. 5 Nov 2021

    Mesoamerican Territorial Fund looks like one good route for COP26 donors pledging funds to support IPLC forest tenure

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  4. 2 Nov 2021

    Good news. The next step is to secure the rights and channel the funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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  5. 19 Jun 2021

    Good piece

    It’s but American agribusiness companies like Cargill are still engaging in practices analogous to slavery in commodity supply chains like chocolate, Samuel Mawutor argues in a new op-ed:
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  6. 16 Jun 2021

    Thanks . These two films are still strong I think: 'Meet Mr Forest' and 'China's investments, Africa's forests'

    Back in 2019 looked at how was using film to reach different audiences in China showcasing sustainable business investment in Mozambique
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  7. 9 Jun 2021

    Restoration only works for people if it has explicit objectives to strengthen the agency of disempowered people. Good to see more recognition of this : Becoming Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate

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  8. 7 Jun 2021

    If trees need the manure of politics to grow - what type, how much, and who supplies the good stuff? Evidence gratefully received!

    Saplings ready for planting.
    PROJECT: Getting the politics right to grow the trees right --> We're aiming to identify the conditions under which campaigns might work: resulting in the right trees in the right places, with the right incentives for people to care for them
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  9. Retweeted
    4 Jun 2021

    Tree planting is necessary - but the right tree in the right place needs the right politics says - engaging the right people - the approach taken by :

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  10. Retweeted
    4 Jun 2021

    BLOG: Trees need locally-grown politics --> Presidents planting trees are in the news again, and with green COVID-19 recovery plans afoot and the launch of , considers what it will take to get the right trees planted.

    A person holding a shovel full of dirt at a tree planting ceremony that was held in 2019 to mark the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
    People planting acacia trees in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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  11. Retweeted
    4 Jun 2021

    Trees need locally-grown politics by

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    4 Jun 2021

    Trees need locally-grown politics by

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    4 Jun 2021

    "Is tree planting being used to shift attention away from the causes of environmental problems – away from complex political problems to apparently simple solutions?" asks in a new blog ahead of .

    A person holding a shovel full of dirt at a tree planting ceremony that was held in 2019 to mark the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
    People planting acacia trees in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
    BLOG: Trees need locally-grown politics --> Presidents planting trees are in the news again, and with green COVID-19 recovery plans afoot and the launch of , considers what it will take to get the right trees planted.
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    4 Jun 2021

    "Many campaigns do not engage with the complexities of local realities, or run over a timeframe that enables effective participation of peoples in project design and implementation. They may result in improved resources, but only to the benefit of elites."

    People planting acacia trees in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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  15. Retweeted
    5 Jun 2021

    "..the right trees in the right places protect biodiversity & soils, store carbon & enhance human lives & livelihoods. [but] sometimes trees are planted to dispossess people of their land &... as soon as we see politicians involved we feel uneasy."

    A person holding a shovel full of dirt at a tree planting ceremony that was held in 2019 to mark the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
    People planting acacia trees in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
    BLOG: Trees need locally-grown politics --> Presidents planting trees are in the news again, and with green COVID-19 recovery plans afoot and the launch of , considers what it will take to get the right trees planted.
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  16. 8 Sep 2020

    Without a tweet to my name in a year, perhaps it is apt for me now to say here is our 'Unseen Foresters' report . and I are webinar-ing it today .

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  17. Retweeted
    12 Oct 2019

    HISTORY!

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  18. 6 Oct 2019

    'No Smacking, No Fracking, No Union Jacking' yesterday. The genius of also available at

    Sign saying no smacking no fracking no union jacking
    I have made a sign so basically the Union is over. Come rain come shine tomorrow. See you there.
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  19. 4 Oct 2019

    Amitav Ghosh and Richard Powers (The Overstory) should definitely be in the team to write us the important stuff. Life stories: books about a planet in peril

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    4 Oct 2019

    Life stories: books about a planet in peril

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