Action for Sarawak
As a response to the violents events of last December in Sarawak (see WRM Bulletin nr. 7) faxes were sent to political, Policy and Justice authorities of Sarawak and Malaysia (Read More)
Bulletin Issue 8 – January 1998
WRM GENERAL ACTIVITIES
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Aracruz: trade union requests information
The main trade union of Aracruz Celulose (SINTICEL) has a project to monitor the pulpmill’s effluents. The union is convinced than the company is tampering the results of the chemical (Read More)
WRM CAMPAIGNS
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Sarawak: Amnesty International’s call for action
In the last issue of our Bulletin we informed about the events of December in Sarawak. Enyang ak Gendung who was shot by the police while protesting peacefully, died in (Read More)
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“A fortune for the people” of Sarawak?
The Malaysian Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced an increase in pulpwood plantations throughout Malaysia, Sarawak included. At present, an area of 10,000 hectares is occupied by tree plantations in (Read More)
INTERNATIONAL
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World Bank forest policy labyrinth
In 1991 the World Bank adopted a forest policy that resulted from a process of extensive consultation with the international NGO community. One of the main points of this policy (Read More)
LOCAL STRUGGLES AND NEW
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Malaysian logging in African forests
In WRM Bulletin nr. 3 (8/8/97) we informed about a megaproject of industrial tree plantations in Eastern Cape province of South Africa by Malaysian forestry companies. The activities of the (Read More)
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Indonesia: Mega-project in Central Kalimantan
It seems that problems for the Dayak people in Central Kalimatan do not cease. While they are still suffering the consequences of this year’s enormous forest fires, the mega-project launched (Read More)
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Brazilian forestry policy is not trustworthy
Brazilian NGOs FASE and IBASE, the National Commission for the Environment of CUT (Brazilian Workers Union), Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, addressed a letter to the Federal Government expressing (Read More)
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Good news from Brazil
For the first time in Brazilian history the Federal Government has been condemned by the Court to pay a compensation to the Panara -also called Krenhakarore- indigenous people of Mato (Read More)
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Shell in the Peruvian Amazon
Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Amazon Watch and Project Underground remain deeply concerned about Shell’s activities in the Peruvian Amazon and have decided not to participate in the workshops organized by (Read More)
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Shell’s activities in Ecuador
Shell is planning to start prospecting activities for oil exploitation at Pañacocha-Tiputini, located at the Cuyabeno Faunistic Reserve and the Yasuni National Park. The latter was declared World Biosphere Reserve (Read More)
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Myanmar: threats to close off the forest against gas pipeline
Rainforest extended over most of ancient Burma, but deforestation now affects two-thirds of the country’s forests. The Kanchanabury Conservation Group and 11 conservation human rights groups and their allies are (Read More)
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Mining activities destroy the environment in Indonesia
Freeport, a huge US-based mining company that operates in Indonesia, owns the Grasberg gold mine in Irian Jaya, the biggest open-pit gold mine in the world. This mine is producing (Read More)
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Alliance of UPM-Kimmene-APRIL under siege
The alliance between UPM-Kymmene of Finland and APRIL of Singapore to develop jointly their respective fine paper operations in Europe and Asia has been severely criticized by environmental and human (Read More)
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Laos: Hydropower megaprojects against forests and people
In a letter signed by Aviva Imhof -Mekong Program Coordinator of International Rivers Network (IRN)- as a response to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) regarding the Sekong-Se San and Nam (Read More)