Issue 171 – October 2011

Food sovereignty and the new “discovery” of biodiversity

For thousands of years, different peoples in the most disparate parts of the world – especially women, but also men – have guaranteed food sovereignty based on the biodiversity of
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Forests and food sovereignty: Voices of the sons and daughters of the forest

Food sovereignty, which is centred on local autonomy, local markets and community action, and encompasses issues like agrarian reform, territorial control, biodiversity, cooperation, health and many others connected to food
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Food sovereignty is not possible without biodiversity

Over the years, the establishment of large-scale monoculture plantations for food production has been accompanied by the so-called Green Revolution “technology package”, leading to the poisoning and impoverishment of biodiversity.
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Nyéléni: A woman’s name for the struggle for Food Sovereignty

In Africa there is a story that has been passed down through the years about a woman from Mali named Nyéléni, who challenged patriarchal power by excelling at something that
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Terminator technology in agricultural crops and GEtrees: A threat to food sovereignty

I come from a family that considers seeds as something sacred. Back in my father’s day, our neighbours could sleep peacefully, because they knew that my father had a safe
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Uganda: New Forests Company – FSC legitimizes the eviction of thousands of people from their land and the sale of carbon credits

Oxfam International recently released an eye-opening report on the activities of UK-based New Forests Company (NFC) in Uganda. The company currently plants and harvests timber on 27,000 hectares of tree
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Uruguay: Pulp plantations threaten dairy heartland

The Uruguayan economy is largely dependent on agriculture and livestock raising, in which the dairy industry plays an important role. The production of milk and other dairy products is mainly
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Indonesia: Sources of livelihood threatened by REDD+, mining and oil palm projects

The Dayak have inhabited the forest in Kalimantan for a long time before the current State of Indonesia was established. Their adat (custom) has ensured the integrity of the environment and the
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Colombia: Monoculture tree plantations threaten land and food sovereignty

For more than 20 years, Colombia has seen the ongoing expansion of monoculture tree plantations, to the benefit of transnational companies who have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the support
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Belo Monte dam site occupied!

On October 27, hundreds of indigenous men and women, fisherfolk and riverine community members occupied the construction site of one of the biggest hydroelectric dam projects in the world, the
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Survey on the WRM Bulletin

At WRM we have been publishing our monthly electronic bulletin since 1997. It is currently sent in four different languages to more than 15,000 subscribers. This month we have launched
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Montevideo Declaration: STOP the expansion of monoculture tree plantations!

This past September 21, on the occasion of the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, representatives of social environmental organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe gathered in Montevideo
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WRM is on Facebook

You can keep up with what’s happening at WRM on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/WorldRainforestMovement Among other things, check out the photos of the last WRM international meeting in Montevideo , including our
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