The shocking truth why WWF bought mayonnaise to save the Persian leopard in the Caucasus was told in the investigative book “Ecology Inside Out”
Vadim Petrov in his new investigative book, “Ecology Inside Out”, tells how WWF and Greenpeace turn the environmental theme inside out and make it serve secretly to the ‘golden calf’ of transnational corporations and the accompanying aggressive goals of the West.
Just in time, an investigative book (the first one in an EKSMO Publishing House’s special series) by the famous Russian ecologist and international lawyer Vadim Petrov, “Ecology Inside Out. How International Ecological Communities Work in Russia and Abroad. Book 1” was published. The presentations took place on January 26 at the Moscow House of Books on Novy Arbat, the largest cultural and intellectual centre of the Russian capital that has become a symbolic and favourite place for most Muscovites who enjoy reading.
The book is a systematic and thorough investigation aimed at looking at the international environmental organizations from a new perspective - in a critical and rational way. There have been many rumours about these companies earlier but thanks to this book, a lot can straighten out and open people’s eyes to the fact that white and fluffy ‘pandas’ are not that harmless at all. When you first meet international environmental organizations, it seems that they are tirelessly fighting for the preservation of our planet’s environment. And there is no doubt that they will win and return the ideal pristine nature to humanity. People just need to help them a little and get involved. However, the devil is always in the details.
The presentation of the book was attended by a large number of the author’s good friends.
“Vadim Petrov is a systematic expert. He writes in detail, with reference to documents and facts. The author studies the history of establishing the international ecological communities, analyzes the philosophy of their founders and leaders, methods and goals of the ‘international ministry of ecology’s’ work, and changes the initial idea of their work radically - emphasized Alexander Zakondyrin, Chairman of the Public Council at the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Natural Resource Management and Ecology Committee at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. Petrov also collected a lot of valuable information on the mechanism for recruiting potential participants in international movements. The author’s many years of experience in the environment protection sector made it possible to describe the geopolitical and economic ups and downs in detail as well as difficult relationships in the complex community of environmental stakeholders not only in Russia, but also in the world. Vadim wants to ensure that people have a different point of view on the image pictures of the international ‘greens’. This is not drum-thumping jingoism as it is necessary that people would be able to think critically. And they are just not aware of many things.”
Arina Sharapova, a Russian TV presenter, TV journalist, teacher and public figure, President of ANO ArtMediaEducation, noted that the manner of narration makes the story in the book lively and impressive, and the book itself combines several genres: investigative journalism, documentary detective story and popular science genre. “Vadim and I are friends, we also carried out a large number of projects in the environmental education, and I would even like to recommend using the book for education in high schools and universities of the country,” said Arina Sharapova. Speaking about real problems, the well-known TV presenter noted that today, the burning issue is to put into practice the decision on the introduction of environmental education legislatively approved. And developing a national concept of environmental education for schoolchildren in Russia is evermore crucial, as well as creating a unified national educational platform that is a cornerstone element of the environmental education.
Irina Bakhtina, Director for Sustainable Development of the United Company RUSAL, gave an example with disposable packaging, when back in 1991, foreign packaging manufacturers came in to Russia and - with the support of foreign NGOs - brought their standards to perestroika-oriented Russia; those were the standards of the Food and Drug Administration adopted later by Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights) and introduced in SANPINs (sanitary regulations and standards), which was done under international NGO experts’ pressure. “And so, we got a one-time packaging for every candy and ice cream, and this resulted in a lot of waste and an imposed culture of overconsumption. These and similar nuances need to be disclosed not to be mistaken later about certain motives, actions and the steps being taken. And you, Vadim Olegovich, do not stop writing and write more,” Irina Bakhtina gave a word of advice to the author.
The importance of protecting the national interests of Russia in the Arctic mentioned in Petrov’s book was supported by His Grace Iakov, Bishop of Naryan-Mar and Mezen, the northernmost Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, in his speech. He also drew the attention of those present to the first biblical commandment, according to which a human is recognized as the apex of creation, but at the same time, is part of nature and, therefore, receives the main commandment from God - to ‘cultivate’ and ‘preserve’ it. “According to the Old Testament, man bears full responsibility before God, including for his attitude towards nature. His Grace reminded the audience that as a result, we came to the conclusion that the ecological culture described in the Bible did not form a consumer attitude towards nature, but, on the contrary, instilled a responsibility in a person for preserving the natural environment.
Vita Saar, Head of the ‘Ecosophy’ project of the ‘Russia - Land of Opportunities’ presidential platform, thanked the author for the extensive expert support of the ‘Ecosophy’ project. “Foreign organizations were the only lodestar for many Russian activists. And now, when the secrets and their real goals have been revealed to some extent, many ordinary young people and students are confused and do not see where to go now. And we in our project often ask the question who are the eco-leaders in our country. We know political leaders, pop and sports stars, but in ecology, few people know the persons who do good for people and nature. One of the key objectives of the ‘Ecosophy’ project is to create a powerful movement of eco-leaders. As Vadim Petrov correctly notes in his book, it is obvious to everyone that it is impossible to restore the ecology with alarmist cries, handwaving and taking local measures. Vita Saar emphasizes that ecological optimism should rather be the driver of the new eco-leaders’ community, and not fear, apathy or the quasi-actions of the Western ‘green’ elites that are ‘creative’ when it comes to various campaigns.
The news that Vadim Petrov was elected the Chairman of the Expert Council of the ‘Ecosophy’ project working in the framework of the “Russia - Land of Opportunities” presidential platform was also a pleasant bonus for the author.
Alexander Panin, Director of the Centre for Geodemography and Spatial Development of the Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov and a managing partner of the ‘Kartfond’ (Map Fund) Research Centre, emphasized that different people are engaged in ecology, not only geographers, but also economists, sociologists and others, and the interdisciplinary nature of researches is important in ecology. “Despite the fact that the book is primarily aimed at non-specialist audiences, it is also of great importance for science,” the well-known scientist supported the author.
“The purpose of the role that WWF plays in the global system of control is to introduce a new world order. The organization cooperates with key business lobbies and receives millions from the budgets of national governments, the European Union, the World Bank and even the UN organizations through financing its certification systems. Today, WWF has become a major political force,” Vadim Petrov, the author of the book “Ecology Inside Out”, Chairman of the Public Council of Roshydromet (Federal Service of Russia on Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment), Official Secretary of the Russian Environmental Chamber, shared the main conclusion of his investigation during a meeting with readers. “This is the result of the fact that in the 1990s, the Western governments transferred much of the troublesome responsibility of protecting nature and shaping an environmental policy into the hands of non-governmental organizations. The privatization of sovereign responsibilities has created a global vacuum, and multinational corporations and a few non-governmental organizations have come to fill it. A few dozen individual citizens who were not elected to carry out such tasks are actively making behind-the-scenes deals, and political decisions are taken in the interests of their industrial principals a result of these deals. In such deals, the distribution of natural resources on the planet is at stake. The advocates of a global ‘green’ economy have split from national government institutions. Decision-making processes are controlled by several transnational mega-corporations, which have covered the entire planet with their tentacles like octopuses.
According to Andrey Krasnov, the moderator of the meeting with readers, it was the longest presentation of the book and was attended by very many people, which indicates the absolute importance of the book. At the end of the presentation, many participants wondered if there should be immediate consequences for the international ‘greens’ after such an investigation?
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About the book
‘Become a member of our foundation and contribute to the future of nature.” What nonsense!
International environmental communities use environmental protection objectives to put pressure on business and government policy. They show us nice pictures, tell heartbreaking stories so that we donate money. And what is the result?
The author of the book studies the work of international environmental communities in Russia and abroad, analyzes advertising campaigns and their effect, as well as examples of high-profile public stories and forgotten articles.
He tells:
- how large environmental projects and programmes are created and how they end;
- how not to be afraid of a climatic disaster and understand how people can really help nature;
- why WWF bought mayonnaise to save the Persian leopard in the Caucasus;
- why pandas are no longer dying out and who the ‘green avatars’ are;
- why the absorption capacity of the mighty Russian birch trees is lower than that of the German ones;
- that ‘standards’ and ‘permits’ did not help the giraffe Marius to survive.
Analyzing some stories, one might think “What does ecology have to do with it?” But the matter is that ecology ‘always has something to do with it’.
About the author:
Vadim Olegovich PETROV
Co-Chairman, Official Secretary of the Russian Environmental Chamber
Chairman of the Public Council under the Federal Service of Russia on Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment (Roshydromet)
Expert of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
Review:
Dirty secrets of environmental organizations
Not so long ago, a little girl set the world on edge as she challenged important people dressed in tuxedos and sitting around in serious organizations. She said that the world is on the verge of an eco-disaster, and important people, instead of saving it, do nothing. As you probably guessed, the name of this girl is Greta Thunberg. Did you know that Greta is just a PR project of one Swedish activist who has earned millions on her name? How much do we know about organizations like Greenpeace and WWF? Maybe, they are hiding something from us? So, let’s read this book and find out.
The author of the book, a well-known Russian ecologist, offers to look at the environmental organizations from a new perspective - in a critical and rational way. There have been many rumours about these companies earlier but thanks to this book, a lot can straighten out and open people’s eyes to the fact that white and fluffy ‘pandas’ are not that harmless at all.
When news of the downside of uncontrolled consumption shook the world, the response was eco-movements popping up like mushrooms. At one moment, these activist organizations became more than just the ones involved in nature conservation - they became a real lever of pressure for politicians and influential businessmen who use the mask of a good deed to their personal advantage. All these topics - pushing through various beneficial laws and the obscurantism - are raised in this book as well as how it all began and what manipulations organizations use.
I suggest that anyone who is concerned about environmental problems read this book before believing every word said by authoritative sources. The strength of this book is that the author not only tells and shows (there are interesting illustrations, diagrams, tables, etc.) the history of establishing organizations, well-known obscurantist theories, etc., but also opens the readers’ eyes to a real problem - and namely, he reveals the real goals of the environmental organizations. It makes a very good impression that the author also demonstrates the current global environmental situation and offers effective ways to solve these problems.
