The fox in charge of the hen house
Ten years ago, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit) took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, initiating a process that will be continued in the (Read More)
Bulletin Issue 61 – August 2002
THE FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: THE JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will soon meet in Johannesburg, South Africa and we have therefore decided to focus this WRM bulletin entirely on this event. In this way we aim at providing relevant information and analysis to both those who will be directly participating at the Summit and those who will not, so as to generate more public awareness leading to increased pressure on governments to make them fulfil the commitments agreed upon ten years ago at the Earth Summit held in Brazil.
OURVIEWPOINT
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
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Forest peoples: A ray of hope
Tropical rainforests are among the world’s most diverse and at the same time most threatened ecosystems on Earth. While governments have agreed on the diagnosis, they have failed in the (Read More)
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Community Forest Management: A feasible and necessary alternative
Ten years after the Earth Summit, deforestation continues to advance in most of the countries of the world, and in particular in tropical regions. In our successive bulletins we have (Read More)
A DESTRUCTIVE PRESENT
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The causes of deforestation and those responsible for it
Over the ten years following the Earth Summit, governments have been engrossed in a series of international processes with the declared objective of ensuring forest conservation. However they will be (Read More)
THE TROUBLE-MAKERS
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The Greening of Corporations
The profit-led corporate logic is determining our future, and that of generations to come, shaping the emerging international system which is today dominated by institutions that favour corporate rights. The (Read More)
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The International Monetary Fund: Funding deforestation
As compared to the World Bank –its sister institution– the IMF’s impacts on forests have been relatively underreported. However, International Monetary Fund loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in (Read More)
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World Bank: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
The World Bank has a long history in forest destruction. From the 1960s onwards, the Bank has funded large-scale destructive projects in the tropics –ranging from massive hydroelectric dams to (Read More)
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World Bank: At the forefront of carbon trading
To put a shine on its green credentials at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Bank plans to launch a new fund at Johannesburg, aimed at promoting the (Read More)
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WTO: Who’s common future?
In November of 2001, trade ministers from 140 nations gathered in Doha, Qatar to give the World Trade Organization (WTO) a historic new mandate that could intensify logging of native (Read More)
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FAO’s “forests” or how to cheat at patience
FAO is cheating at a game of patience. And pretends that nobody notices it. All over the world we are watching the alarming destruction and degradation of forests and in (Read More)
EARTH SUMMIT COMMITMENTS
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The alternative forest treaty: NGOs complied with their commitments
It is worth remembering that during the 1992 Earth Summit (or United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) two processes took place simultaneously: the official summit and the parallel forum (Read More)
VOICES FOR THE FORESTS AT WSSD
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Selection of organized civil society opinions regarding forests
A large number of environmental, social and indigenous peoples organizations are concerned about the possible outcomes of the WSSD regarding the fate of the world’s forests. The following is a (Read More)