World Rainforest Movement
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What is the sense of another International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, which will take place this coming September 21? Some might ask why such a day is (Read More)
Here in Indonesia, ever since a child entered the school, he/she has been familiar with “Merauke” through a patriotic song entitled “Dari Sabang Sampai Merauke” (lit. from Sabang to (Read More)
Few places in Southeast Asia can match the distinction of Palawan, in the Philippines. This is home to seven protected areas, a declared “Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary” since (Read More)
The company promised to increase forest cover but they planted cassava; cassava is not a tree; a cassava plantation is not a forest. (Resident from Ansar Chambor, Pursat, Cambodia) Since (Read More)
Over the past nine months, a high-stakes confrontation has taken place in Cross River State of Nigeria, home to Nigeria’s last remaining primal tropical rainforests. The controversy has revolved (Read More)
In one of his last works – “Oil palm in Africa: Past, present and future scenarios”, published in December 2010 – our beloved friend and colleague Ricardo Carrere provided (Read More)
“Liberians are healthier, better fed, have more income, consume more, are more literate and enjoy the greatest amount of freedom ever” (1), says the Liberian government. The government also (Read More)
During the Apartheid era many South Africans were deprived of their traditional land through laws that led to their displacement – often through forced removals – into remote smaller (Read More)
The Brazilian countryside, since the time of colonization, has always been the target of capitalist appropriation, driven by the logic of the accumulation of wealth and profits, with the (Read More)
Millions of hectares of industrial oil palm plantations have been expanding in many countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America with a well documented history of tropical deforestation –including (Read More)
The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro has adopted various initiatives since 2001 to promote the expansion of large-scale monoculture tree plantations in the state. It would (Read More)
Hevea brasilensis, known as the Pará rubber tree or, most commonly, the rubber tree, is native to South America. It is the member of the genus Hevea most frequently (Read More)
Agribusiness large-scale land acquisitions and human rights in Southeast Asia – Updates from Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Burma Forest Peoples Programme, August 2013 By Marcus Colchester, Sophie (Read More)
“Who is benefitting ? The Social and economic impact of three large scale land investments in Sierra Leone: a cost benefit analysis”, a report commissioned by Action for Large-scale Land (Read More)
“Expansion of palm oil in the Brazilian Amazon: an analysis of impacts on family farm in north-eastern Pará” Reporter Brazil – Organization for Communication and Social Projects’s Biofuel Watch Center (Read More)