Struggles Against Tree Monocultures
Corporate profit drives land grabs to install industrial tree monocultures. Where industrial plantations take root, communities' territories and lives are violently invaded, their forests destroyed and their water polluted. When communities resist, companies tend to respond with aggression. Despite this extreme violence, communities around the world are resisting, organizing and joining forces to defend their territories. Every September 21 the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations is celebrated.
Selama lebih dari dua dekade, industri perkebunan (ITPs), khususnya yang berskala besar, dikelola secara intensif, penanaman monokultur seumur, kebanyakan jenis tumbuhan eksotis cepat tumbuh seperti ekaliptus, cemara dan jenis akasia, tapi juga karet dan kelapa sawit, semua yang diperuntukkan di industri penghasil kertas, minyak kelapa sawit dan produk karet, telah emperluas wilayahnya di belahan dunia bagian Selatan sebanyak empat kali lipat.