A modest proposal for Earth Day
In 1729, Jonathan Swift –who devoted much of his writing to the struggle for Ireland against English rule- published his satire “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor (Read More)
OUR VIEWPOINT
LOCAL STRUGGLES AND NEWS
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Ethiopia: Dutch conservation organization involved in eviction of thousands of tribal people
The Omo National Park in Southern Ethiopia is being taken over by the Dutch conservation organization, African Parks Foundation (APF) and 50,000 tribal people are in danger of being displaced (Read More)
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Nigeria: Tree plantations at the expense of forests and forest people’s livelihoods
The Omo Forest Reserve –located in the South west of Nigeria- was legally constituted as a forest reserve by Order No. 10 of 1925 and the Order was amended in (Read More)
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The FSC Plantations Policy Working Group’s field trip in South Africa
As part of a two-year process to review FSC policy on the certification of timber plantations, members of the policy review working-group (PWG) recently visited South Africa for their final (Read More)
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Dams as ethnic cleansing: The Burmese junta’s war against the Karenni people
Aung Ngyeh, a 31 year old Karenni, fled to Thailand in 2002, forced out of his home in Karenni State by the Burmese military’s war against ethnic populations. He now (Read More)
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Creating ‘manageable’ forests: Plantations and Plantation Workers in India
When the British invaded India 250 years ago, they found the sub-continent covered with a mosaic of vegetation they did not comprehend. Tall dark trees, gnarled and knotted creepers, wild (Read More)
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FSC dilemmas in the heart of Borneo: step-wise sand bag or sell out?
Another new FSC certificate of a major logging operation, this time in Indonesia, has got forest watchers scratching their heads. Near the top of the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan (Read More)
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Malaysia: Women plantations workers’ conditions in oil palm plantations
In Malaysia, women plantation workers appear to have been neglected in the Government’s plans to eradicate poverty and enhance the status of women. The progress achieved so far in empowering (Read More)
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Bolivia: Indigenous Toromona in voluntary isolation in serious danger of disappearing
The world is becoming aware of the situation of the Indigenous Peoples living in isolation in the Amazon. It seems incredible, but some animals are better protected than the human (Read More)
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Brazil: Paper pulp companies must remove eucalyptus plantations in Bahia’s national parks buffer zones
According to Recommendation no. 01 of 18 November 2005, the Federal Public Ministry, through the Attorney of the Republic in Ilheus-Bahia, is demanding the removal of eucalyptus plantations in a (Read More)
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Colombia: The Forestry (logging) Bill was adopted without discussion
Following the adoption of the Forestry Bill in Congress, it was sent for presidential sanction on 13 December 2005. President Alvaro Uribe objected to 12 of the articles of the (Read More)
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Guyana: Controversial Barama certificate further tarnishes FSC’s reputation
A new FSC certificate of a major logging operation has again raised eyebrows among foresters, environmentalists and human rights activists. In Guyana, the Swiss certification company SGS Qualifor has just (Read More)
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Aotearoa/New Zealand: Absolutely positively NOT forests
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry is organizing its 2006 conference under the title of “absolutely positively forests”. Although the title is open to discussion about its true –and probably (Read More)
PULP INC.
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The corporate power of the pulp and paper industry
This month WRM is launching a new occasional section to the bulletin: “Pulp Inc”. The series will consist of profiles of companies involved in the pulp and paper industry. In (Read More)
GM TREES
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UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Important decision on GE trees
The Eighth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ended on March 31st with two important and related decisions: an upholding of the moratorium on (Read More)