Seeds of Hope
“What are the solutions to forest destruction?” “What are the alternatives?” Questions like these are often raised to squash possible debate that could lead to real solutions to deforestation and climate chaos. The way forward starts with ending the assault on forest peoples and their ways of life, and learning about their relationships with their territories. For generations, forest-dependent communities have lived in and with forests, and have protected them.
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22 September 2025
We are peasants from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil. In recent decades, we have witnessed the spread of oil palm monocultures in our territory, an expansion driven by multinational companies with government support. False promises led us to accept plantation partnership schemes that put us at risk of losing our land. What was once forest and traditional crops have been replaced by monocultures that have left us with food shortages, debt, and the threat of floods. For this reason, we organized ourselves to end this exploitation and restore our traditional way of life. And here we share the story of our struggle.
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22 September 2025
This is the story of how we, a group of indigenous peoples and peasants in Colombia, have come together under the name Cajibío Interethnic and Intercultural Territory of Life (TEVIIC, by its Spanish acronym), to face one of the world's largest multinational paper and cardboard manufacturers: Smurfit Westrock. Our goal is to achieve Agrarian Reform through autonomy and concrete actions.
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22 September 2025
Two Joghban leaders who have been active in the fight against Equatorial Palm Oil's (EPO) invasion of their ancestral lands talk about their victorious resistance process. Their resistance culminated in 2018 with official state recognition of part of their territory. However, they stress that this long-term struggle is ongoing. “We are going to resist; we will always resist, because land matters to us and to our future generations”, says Isaac Banwon, one of the leaders.
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22 September 2025
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24 June 2025
The following excerpts are from conversations we had with people who, despite living on different continents, have made the same choice: to live without electricity. Whether they live in the Indonesian archipelago or the Brazilian Amazon, their testimonies show that electricity is not an essential resource for human life. On the contrary, for these people, it is essential to do without it.
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24 June 2025
Food sovereignty cannot be achieved in isolation from energy sovereignty. Our vision on energy is one that honors the rhythms of nature, values the wisdom of elders and restores the balance between humans and the Earth. Because in traditional African cosmologies, energy was not separate from life. The fossil-fuel era broke this balance, severing energy from ethics, and turning it into a commodity to be bought and sold.
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24 June 2025
"People need to consider what they truly want; they shouldn’t rely solely on schemes or incentives. Here, we do not depend on electricity or solar power for irrigation. Since the time of our ancestors, we have relied on rain and rivers, and we must rekindle that connection”, explains Sunita Paharia, a villager from the Rajmahal Hills. In this part of India, communities with a long history of resistance against the expropriation of their ancestral territory are rebuilding their autonomy and future.
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24 June 2025
Our community of Caisán, in Panama, is living proof that it is possible to stand up to an exclusionary hydroelectric development model and its harmful impacts. Through community organizing, we stopped the construction of hydroelectric dams that were being promoted as part of the Plan Puebla Panama – one of the largest development and integration projects of Latin America. Today, we are moving forward with the construction of a fair and community-based energy model.
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24 June 2025
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