The quilombola communities of Sapê do Norte, Brazil, are living a violent process with the expansion of large-scale eucalyptus monoculture. After many hardships, they started a process to take back their water and land. And the struggle to take back what is theirs continues. WRM talked to two quilombola activists to reflect on this difficult but fertile process of resistance.
International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations
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21 September, the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day for organizations, networks and movements to celebrate the resistance against industrial tree plantations.
These monocultures invade territories and affect the life of peoples and communities. The Day was launched in 2004 at a meeting of a community network struggling against industrial tree plantations in Brazil; September 21 was chosen because it is the Day of the Tree in Brazil.
STOP plantations! NO to monocultures!
Use the filter "Type of content" to find materials, articles and declarations about these struggles in different parts of the world. You can find more information about the issue here.
Bulletin articles
16 June 2022
The Independent Producers of Piray (PIP) in Misiones, Argentina was formed in 2005 to stop the advance of multinational Arauco’s pine tree monocultures and reclaim the land. WRM spoke with Miriam Samudio, a key member of the PIP family, to reflect on the process of the struggle and the lessons learned.
Bulletin articles
17 December 2021
Tupinikim indigenous leaders, in Brazil, share the experience of their people in the struggle against one of the largest eucalyptus plantation and pulp production companies in the world, Aracruz Celulose – currently named Suzano Papel e Celulose.
Multimedia
8 September 2021
We share this song, composed by the organizations Justicia Ambiental, Missão Tabita and AJOCME, from Mozambique.
Publications
23 March 2020
This publication aims to alert community groups and activists about the corporate push for a new round of large-scale tree plantation expansion.
Publications
17 September 2019
Solidarity with communities standing against tree plantations! Plantations are not forests! Download the poster in English.
Multimedia
17 September 2019
21 September, International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations
Publications
9 September 2016
21 September is the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Download images to share!