International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations 2020
It is a day for organizations, networks and movements to celebrate resistance and raise their voices to demand, “Stop the Expansion of Monoculture Tree Plantations!”
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Articles from the WRM Bulletin
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The African Development Bank and the Tree Plantations Industry
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Portucel in Mozambique: The Reality Behind the Discourse of “Sustainable Plantations”
2020
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Violence, appropriation and resistance: Eastern and southern Africa
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Southern African women organising against the violence of extractivism
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No to ProSAVANA and MATOPIBA. Solidarity with people in Mozambique and Brazil!
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Large Hydropower Dams Are Not the Answer: Time to Rethink Africa’s Energy Infrastructure
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Implications of Monoculture Tree Plantations in Mozambique: The Case of Portucel Mozambique
2018
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The Farce of “Smart Forestry”. The Cases of Green Resources in Mozambique and Suzano in Brazil
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ProSavana Plan in Mozambique is out and threatening peasants’ land
2015
2013
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Mozambique: More denunciations against Chikweti, a company financed by a Nordic “solidarity” fund
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Dutch pension fund denounced for investing in monoculture tree plantations in Mozambique
2011
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Mozambique: Video and Publication on the expansion of tree plantations
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Mozambique: Pine and eucalyptus companies are advancing on peasant land in the north of the country
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Chikweti plantations in Mozambique: Will the FSC continue certifying the uncertifiable?
2010
Books and Briefings
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Mashamba makubwa ya miti kwa ajili ya viwanda yanavyovamia Mashariki na Kusini mwa Afrika
SWAHILI. Taarifa hii ya pamoja kati ya Timberwatch Coalition na World Rainforest Movement inalenga katika mambo mbalimbali ya ndani na nje yanayojulisha kuhusu hali ya mabadiliko ya mashamba makubwa ya miti kwa ajili ya viwanda katika...
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Industrial Tree Plantations Invading Eastern and Southern Africa
Also available in Swahili
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REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies
REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies presents summaries of reports from 24 REDD projects or programmes with a common characteristic: they all show a number of structural characteristics that undermine forest...
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Oil palm in Africa: past, present and future scenarios – 2013 update
Original version by Ricardo Carrere – updated by the WRM in 2013. Oil palm is a traditional native crop for West and Central African communities, who are used to either plant them on their lands or to collect fruits, leaves or sap...
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An overview of industrial tree plantations in the global South: conflicts, trends, and resistance struggles.
After many years of supporting local struggles and disseminating information from different countries on tree monocultures and its impacts, WRM presents a new report to all those involved in these struggle (1). No better time than the...
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The Expansion of Tree Monocultures in Mozambique. Impacts on local peasants communities in the Province of Niassa
A field report, by Winfridus Overbeek. This publication is the result of a visit to Mozambique in November 2009 by two activists involved in the struggle against tree monocultures in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. This visit was...
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Timber Plantations in Southern Africa
Timber plantations in southern Africa are concentrated in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, but they are also expanding in Mozambique. There are smaller areas in Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. In South Africa, the largest areas...
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News
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Maputo Statement: No REDD in Africa Network Declaration on REDD
The NO REDD in Africa Network gathered here in Maputo Mozambique, on 26 August 2013 during the occasion of an international workshop on REDD with participants from Mozambique, other African countries, North America and South America...
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Other Relevant Information
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NGOs oppose the oil industry’s Natural Climate Solutions and demand that Eni and Shell keep fossil fuels in the ground
Oil giants Eni and Shell have both recently announced plans to use trees to offset some of their ever increasing carbon emissions. On May 13th, NGOs put out a statement opposing the oil industry’s attempts to avoid its responsibility for climate breakdown.
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Portucel – The Process of acquiring access to landand the rights of local communities
The report “Portucel – the Process of acquiring access to land and the rights of local communities” was published by Justiça Ambiental/Friends of the Earth Mozambique in 2016, in partnership with the World Rainforest Movement...
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The advance of Forest Plantations on the Farmers Territories in the Nacala corridor: the case of Green Resources Mozambique
The report “The advance of Forest Plantations on the Farmers Territories in the Nacala corridor: the case of Green Resources Mozambique” was launched in 2016 by the Mozambican organisations Livaningo, UNAC (National Peasants Union)...
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Press release: A petition delivered to the Mozambique government and tree plantations companies urging them to give the land back to communities
On September 30, a petition was delivered with 12,323 signatures from several national and international organisations, as well as from individuals, in solidarity with and support to the communities in Mozambique that struggle against the...
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Oil Palm in Africa – Interactive Map
We have produced an interactive map that sumarizes some of the information gathered in the publication “Oil palm in Africa: past, present and future scenarios“. The publication contains a general introduction to the issue of oil...
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Urgent call for an end to financing the establishment of eucalyptus and pine tree plantations in Mozambique
Based on a demand of our friends from Geasphere from Southern Africa, we are urging for an end to the financing of the establishment of eucalyptus and pine plantations in Mozambique which are causing negative impacts, especially land...
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Videos
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Oil Palm in Africa. Voices from the communities
Industrial oil palm plantations are rapidly expanding, not only in Liberia. In many African countries expansion projects are happening and plans are announced. Everywhere they go, the companies promise jobs and development. Produced by the...
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Ninguem come eucalipto. Em Moçambique também não
Only available in Portuguese Produzido pelo Movimento Mundial pelas Florestas Tropicais Realizado por Flavio Pazos Voz: Manuela Capurro Música: Ohawha, de Zena Bacar Com base em uma viagem de intercâmbio a Moçambique de dois...
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