The sowing of resistance and collective organization
We invite you to reflect with an activist who explores resistance processes and the challenges they face, based on her experience with struggles in Brazil.
Faced with the Impositions of Capital, The Struggle Continues! | Bulletin 259 – Nov/Dec 2021
This Bulletin articles are written by the following organizations and individuals: An Indonesian activist and journalist; the Aguayala collective, Argentina; REDD-Monitor platform; and members of the WRM International Secretariat.
OUR VIEWPOINT
FACED WITH THE IMPOSITIONS OF CAPITAL, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!
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The Coercion of the Indonesia’s New Capital City Mega-Project and the Neglect of the Balik People’s Voices
The Balik People will bear the impacts of the plans to build a New Capital City mega-project in Borneo, Indonesia. Government officials and business elites in the country are certainly among those who will enjoy the benefits.
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(Bahasa Indonesia) Pemaksaan Mega Proyek Ibu Kota Baru Indonesia dan Pengabaian Suara Rakyat Balik
Also available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Mega Pine Plantations in the Argentinian Patagonia: Territorial Invasion, Fires And Water Scarcity
The Argentinian government continues to subsidize industrial tree plantations, now as a policy against climate change as well. From dispossession and land appropriation, to deforestation and more forest fires, pine trees are devastating territories and communities.
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Arbaro Fund: A Strategy to Expand Industrial Tree Plantations in the Global South
The false idea that industrial plantations are a solution to the climate crisis is a golden opportunity for investment funds like Arbaro, which access scarce climate funding for expanding destructive monocultures.
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Industrial Tree Plantations Company Suzano’s agenda at the UN Climate COP26: Expansion, GE Trees and FSC Certification
Suzano was present at the 2021 UN climate negotiations for one main reason: to promote tree plantations as a ‘solution’ to climate change, under the name of ‘nature-based solutions’. It aims to profiteer ever more from the so-called climate policies.
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