Doublespeak: The language of climate negotiations
One of the consequences of climate change is the increase and aggravation of natural phenomena such as droughts, floods and storms. To make matters worse, the consequences of the current (Read More)
OUR VIEWPOINT
COMMUNITIES AND FORESTS
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Colombia: Militarized mining tramples ancestral rights of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in the Chocó
The Chocó is a biogeographical region that forms part of the neotropics (meaning that it contains the largest area of tropical rainforest). Its high rainfall levels, tropical temperatures and isolation (Read More)
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India: A human chain to defend Niyamgiri Hill from mining
The Niyamgiri Hill, in Orissa, an outstanding natural beauty place rising more than one thousand meters, has some of the most pristine and dense humid forests in the region and (Read More)
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Liberia: Country Heading for Disaster -timber industry set to reopen despite widespread concerns and evidence pointing high potential for illegal logging
Liberia’s forests hold great promise for its people, but that promise is quickly evaporating as the Liberian government mismanages this valuable resource. The government is awarding flawed logging contracts, community (Read More)
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Malaysia: River siltation due to deforestation underlying severe floods in Sarawak
Heavy rains started pouring on January 14 and continued for almost one month in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, hitting especially the central and northern region. Thousands of evacuees, (Read More)
COMMUNITIES AND TREE MONOCULTURES
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Brazil: Veracel plantations, certified land seizure
In 1991, the Veracel Celulose company, then known as Verazcruz Florestal, first arrived in the extreme south region of the state of Bahia. Originally, this hot, humid region was covered (Read More)
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Brazil: A private sector rationale in forestry training at Viçosa Federal University
Concern over the destruction of forests was already documented at the end of the seventeenth century. Since then, some studiesargued that it was necessary to develop knowledge regarding forest use adapted to the situation of tropical forests considering that the (Read More)
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Indonesia: Criminalization of social leader for the benefit of oil palm corporation
As exposed in previous WRM Bulletin issues, criminalization is part of a strategy aimed at silencing any protest generally against the extractive activities of transnational corporations (see WRM Bulletin Nº (Read More)
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Paraguay: Peasants can better confront eucalyptus advancing on their lands thanks to the experience of their Brazilian peers
The Paraguayan Federation of Wood Industries (Federación Paraguaya de Madereros – FEPAMA) is talking of “collaborating with the Agrarian Reform Project promoted by the Government, through a proposal for comprehensive rural development (Read More)
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Uruguay: A new land redistribution…in favour of forestry companies
In Uruguay at the end of the forties, the State promoted an exemplary initiative, the creation of the National Settlement Institute (Instituto Nacional de Colonización – INC), that arose from (Read More)
CARBON TRADE
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Bath tubs, forests, carbon trading and climate change
In 2008, the value of the carbon market increased by 84 per cent, with total transactions increasing from US$64 billion in 2007 to US$118 billion in 2008. Surely, with all (Read More)