Talk:Conservation International

message: Hi, my name is R.D. Mira and I'm a student at Louisiana State University. For my conservation biology class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:USEP/Courses/Conservation_Biology_%28Kyle_Harms%29), I was interested in creating a page for Conservation International Philippines. However, I am finding that besides looking at their webpage, I can't seem to find any information about how they were founded or who their leadership is. There is a variety of interesting case studies and articles about CI Philippines, but that is about it.
I was wondering if you knew of any resources or avenues I could pursue to help gain more information. RDMira (talk) 19:40, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Conservation International Philippines: Potential Page

message: Is it true that there are clear connections to this topic ?--Nemissimo 16:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Greenwashing]] ? 

message: This article waxes lyrical about all the wonderful things Conservation International is doing to save the world. It really sounds blatantly like an ad. But in the conservation community, the organization is cited as one of the leading players in helping corporations greenwash their brands. There is nothing about this important topic in the article. I added a relevant link to a URL that discuss CI's role in greenwashing. See also:
*SourceWatch: Conservation International
*Tarzan, Indiana Jones and Conservation International's Global Greenwash Machine
*The Wrong Kind of Green
Maybe these links should be collected. I don't want to make this an attack on CI, but simply to show balance since there is controversy surrounding their support from corporations and governments.
Allthingstoallpeople (talk) 22:07, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article sounds like an ad 

message: A one article account and an anon recently edited the article to contain a great deal of corporate information, and removed all criticism. I have reinserted the criticism.--Mongreilf (talk) 13:07, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent editing 

message: Conservation International targeted by a group of reporters from Don't Panic TV who posed as a major American arms company and asked if the charity could 'raise [their] green profile.' Options outlined by the representative of Conservation International (CI) included assisting with the arms company's green PR efforts, membership of a business forum in return for a fee, and sponsorship packages where the arms company could potentially invest money in return for being associated with conservation activities.   Conservation International agreed to help the arms company find an 'endangered species mascot' Film footage shows the Conservation International employee suggesting a vulture North African birds of prey as a possible endangered species mascot for the arms company because of the 'link to aviation'.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/877241/conservation_international_agreed_to_greenwash_arms_company.html
:perhaps, much condensed, put this in the article?--Mongreilf (talk) 21:31, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: A one edit account User:3bobs recently removed all negative information from this article, and tagged the edit as minor. The edit has been reverted and an inappropriate minor edit template has been placed on their talk page. Just a heads up.--Mongreilf (talk) 18:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More sockpuppetry? 

message: There is no dispute about the truth of this section's content, just its relevance in an encyclopaedic article. Eg, Apple Inc has almost nothing on its directors, ExxonMobil has far less than this article, so I've trimmed all but the top posts.--Mongreilf (talk) 17:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Board of directors 

message: Just a heads-up. It's been years since I went for a major edit (I think I'm talking 2006 here), but this page seemed in particular need of some sprucing up: more about the org, more about the criticisms, and more citations. Waddlesalong (talk) 05:58, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major edit