In this context, the member of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), Karin Nansen, said in a meeting of organizations of Latin American women that the “new mechanisms" involved in the concept of “Green Economy” will try to be legitimized at Rio+20. She highlighted the need to coordinate strategies by the social movements to confront this "perverse mechanism".

The climate, food and economic-financial crises affecting the countries are worsening the trend of commodification of nature, especially in Southern countries. “This is a perverse logic that goes against the rights of women such as the neoliberal policies of the 80s-90s”, said Nansen. “Capital is trying to benefit from these crises”, said the environmental activist to over thirty delegates from all Latin America.

According to this logic, the solutions to these crises are technological innovation through third and fourth generation agrofuels or synthetic biology and are implemented through multilateral and free trade investment treaties.

However, the organizations propose to question the paradigm itself of green economy through concepts such as Food Sovereignty.

The Special Conference of the Peoples towards Rio+20 will begin on Thursday, March 22nd, and will facilitate the dialogue with national governments and multilateral bodies such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) around key issues such as food sovereignty and security or land grabbing in the region.

They will also debate on access to land, fisheries and forests to allow small farmers to feed the world and also as a “matter of dignity and of life or death for millions of peasant farmers, pastoralists, indigenous people and fisherfolk communities”, explained the local organizers of the Conference, the National Peasant Indigenous Movement of Argentina.