World Rainforest Movement
Dear friends, Local communities in the Mekong region in Southeast Asia, who depend on the Mekong river and numerous other rivers and lakes for their livelihoods, need our urgent support. The dams already built on the main Mekong river and...
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Letter sent by the Save the Mekong Coalition, to the Mekong countries Prime Ministers demanding the immediate cancellation of the Don Sahong Dam and moratorium on decisions over other mainstream projects for the overall benefit of people...
read moreStories, identity and struggles: How local communities live with and talk about Mekong’s landscape
From the loss of fish to climate change: A look into the recent dam movement in the Mekong Region
Territories being seized in Cambodia: protecting corporate profits
Brazil: Rising profits do not prevent layoffs: Fibria Celulosa in Mato Grosso do Sul
Women’s roles, rights and responsibility in natural resources: Some reflections from Mekong Region
The Asian Development Bank’s infrastructure-led ‘growth’ in India and the Mekong region (1)
Vietnamese land grabs in Cambodia and Laos for rubber plantations: secrecy, destruction and violence
Mekong Citizens to Hand 15,000 Signature “Save the Mekong” Petition to Thai PM
Hydropower on the Mekong: Where dams may block the future of millions
Cambodia: Indigenous people confronted with a rubber plantation empire
Cambodia’s Prey Long forest is “equivalent to life itself” for local communities
Mono-crop trees find more room over the borders in the Mekong region
Attempts at regulating agro-industrial plantations in Cambodia
Cambodia: The farce of World Bank and government consultation on forests
Cambodia: Rubber and palm oil plantations impact on local communities
Cambodia: The unfulfilled promises of an oil palm plantation
Cambodia: Eucalyptus plantations and pulp production threaten forests and rivers
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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Eucalyptus, oil palm, rubber and jatropha monoculture plantations are expanding onto local communities’ lands and forests in the Mekong region’s countries. Promoted under the guise of development, poverty alleviation and even climate...
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By the World Rainforest Movement Proponents of industrial tree plantations argue that the plantations are “reforestation”, increasing the area of forest, providing jobs for local people, or reducing pressure on natural forests. This...
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This report was produced in 2000-2001 for the World Rainforest Movement, looking at the current state of the pulp and paper industry in the Mekong Region: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The research covers the extent of plantations...
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After 11 representatives of the Bunong ethnic group in Cambodia were denied visas to go to France to attend judicial proceedings against plantation company, Bolloré, the hearing was postponed until October. In 2015, Bunong peasants in...
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A Chinese-backed plan to build Cambodia’s biggest dam could “literally kill” the Mekong river, according to a confidential government assessment seen by the newspaper The Guardian, which says that the proposed site at Sambor is the...
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By selecting the ‘Mekong River Basin’ from the left panel where it says 2River Basins in Focus’, detailed information will appear about the area. The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia and the tenth longest river in...
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By the NGO Forum on Cambodia – Final Report. Field Investigations in Koh Kong, Kampong Speu, Pursat, Kampong Chhnang, Mondolkiri, Prey Veng and Svay Rieng Provinces. Download full document as...
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by Andrew Cock. In “Plantations are not Forests. Commercial Tree Plantations in the Mekong Region”.Vol. 9 No. 3 March – June 2004. Published by Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA) Obsolete concepts...
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