From Durban back to Rio+20: What about our agenda?
As expected, the climate conference in Durban has not taken any significant decision in terms of combating the climate crisis. Maybe in 2020 a new binding agreement will be signed. (Read More)
OUR VIEWPOINT
COMMUNITIES, FORESTS AND PLANTATIONS
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Chile: Forest fires and repression, the legacy of the industrial tree plantation model
The new year got off to a fiery start in Chile, as seen in the national and international news reports of the devastating forest fires raging across various regions of (Read More)
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Brazil: The definition of forest – another front for resistance and reconquest
The year 2011 was declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations. Major international events such as the climate conference in South Africa and the upcoming Rio+20 summit (Read More)
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Industrial monoculture tree plantations in South Africa: The culture of traditional healers versus the culture of consumption
In the reports about the effects of industrial tree plantations of eucalyptus, pine or oil palm on peoples’ lives, negative impacts such as conflicts over land tenure, depletion of water (Read More)
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Philippines: The increasing menace of oil palm plantations in Palawan
Palawan, located between the Sulu and South China seas, is one of the most beautiful islands of the Philippine archipelago. The island is 450 kilometers long and 40 kilometers at (Read More)
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Oil palm plantations behind land-grabbing in Sierra Leone
During 11 years – from 1991 to 2002 – a harsh civil war fueled by the inequitable distribution of power and resources decimated the population of Sierra Leone. The country (Read More)
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Bolivia: Urgent action demanded to protect indigenous peoples living in isolation and situations of extreme vulnerability
On December 7 and 8, 2011, a meeting was held in the Amazonian city of Cobija, Bolivia, to assess the status of the rights of indigenous peoples living in isolation (Read More)
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Ecuador: Pronouncement in Defence of Pachamama and Life
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute for Ecological Studies) and to pay tribute to Ricardo Carrere (who was the (Read More)
PEOPLE IN ACTION
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New request for FAO to define forests by their true meaning
On January 21, during International Green Week in Berlin, the environmental organization Rainforest Rescue presented the director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with more than 27,000 (Read More)
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Open letter against the “green economy” and in favour of life
This March 6 to 9 the Convention on Biological Diversity and the governments of Ecuador, India, Japan, Norway and Sweden will host a “Global Dialogue Seminar on Scaling Up Finance (Read More)
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India: Michelin factory menaces forest of the “untouchables”
In the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the French Michelin company is planning to build a huge tire plant that would impact on the community forest, rice fields and (Read More)
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Indonesia: Police Brutality in support of the Bima Gold Mine Project
The Indonesian police attacked a peaceful demonstration in SAPE Harbor on December 24, 2011, killing three persons and injuring at least twenty-nine others. The protestors were members of Anti-Mining People’s (Read More)