World Rainforest Movement
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This bulletin has articles written by the Synaparcam (National Association of Peasant and River Populations of Cameroon (Synaparcam, for its acronym in French) and Earthsight UK. Likewise, members of the WRM international secretariat share their experiences and learning during field visits with local organizations in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; in Bali, Indonesia; in Uruguay; in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Acre, Brazil.
In solidarity with the International Day of Peasant Struggle. A day to remember, emphasize and mobilize together against the persecution and violence that peasants suffer on a daily basis around the world.
DRC is following the trend of promoting programmes to ‘integrate’ peasants with agribusinesses, putting people’s control over their lands at risk.
The oil palm company Socapalm in Cameroon plans to renew its ISO 14001 certification, which expired in 2017. We expose the company’s attempts to cover up the destruction caused to the communities and the environment
How secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture spell disaster for the Congo Basin’s rainforests.
In 2017, the Finnish company UPM signed a contract with the Uruguayan government to establish a third mega pulp mill. The project is subject to exorbitant conditions imposed by the multinational.
Systems of community organization rooted in sacred beliefs and concepts guide relations in Bali, Indonesia, and help defy agribusiness and mega-tourism.
A rubber tappers community, part of a 40,000-hectare REDD+ project, faces a difficult struggle to maintain their way of life. The project has already sold carbon credits, yet to date only provided the local community with dental kits and a visit to the dentist.
On how pulp and paper companies are expanding in these territories while neutralizing community resistance in a process in which the population ends up economically and symbolically dependent on the companies.
Demand Swedish Energy Agency to suspend future payments to Green Resources and cancel the deal for purchase of carbon credits! The operations of Green Resources—a Norwegian industrial tree plantation and (Read More)
India: stop evictions from tiger reserves! Hundreds of Baiga people rallied on March 2018 to oppose the authorities’ attempts to evict them from the forests that they have lived in (Read More)
Who will feed us? A report from the ETC Group compares the industrial food system with peasant farming. Industrial farming gets all the attention (and most of the land). It (Read More)
Finnish activists protest against Stora Enso and Veracel In March 2018, activists from Friends of the Earth Finland and an association supporting landless peoples around the globe (Maattomien ystävät ry (Read More)
Where does all the gold processed in Switzerland come from? Switzerland is a country poor in raw materials and yet, every year, 70 per cent of the gold extracted in (Read More)