World Rainforest Movement
World perception about mangroves is changing positively. Once described as insect-infested foul-smelling wastelands, they are now being more aptly called “roots of the sea”, “amphibious rainforests” or “coastal nurseries”. This (Read More)
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 38% of Africa’s coastline and 68% of its marine protected areas are under threat from unregulated development. Of concern are poorly-planned or regulated (Read More)
Together with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Bank is supporting the development of comprehensive new forestry laws in the Congo, as well as the ‘zoning’ (Read More)
Way back in 1994, a group of NGO people –among whom the current WRM coordinator- were invited by the Maasai to visit a forest which they were struggling to save (Read More)
The environment pressure network Geasphere has charged the international Forest Stewardship Council with acting irresponsibly in certifying the massive spread of Industrial Timber Plantations (ITPs) in South Africa. ITPs come (Read More)
The March-June edition of the magazine “Watershed” focuses on the issue of tree plantations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam as part of the broader picture of the spread of (Read More)
In a letter sent to Premier Wen Jia-bao of the People’s Republic of China on June 24, more than twelve conservation groups and more than 30 individuals from the international (Read More)
The Leizhou Peninsula is located in the southernmost part of SE China, and forms the stepping-stone to Hainan Island. Leizhou’s 1,500 km coastline and 12,500 km2 land area is sub-tropical, (Read More)
At the entrances to the Pench Tiger Reserve straddling the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh are signposts with the words “welcome to Mowgli’s land.” Mowgli, in Rudyard Kipling’s nineteenth (Read More)
The Nam Leuk dam has caused serious problems for local communities, as documented in a recent report by Lao researcher Phetsavanh Sayboualavan. Based on a visit to seven villages affected (Read More)
Eco-tourism is perhaps the most over-used and mis-used word, not only in the travel industry but also in the “development” schemes of governments. But most of the time it just (Read More)
Some 3,000 people marched 200 kilometres to converge in Tegucigalpa with the aim of demanding that President Ricadro Maduro’s government protects the country’s natural resources. They came from four different (Read More)
For many years, the mangrove forests were seen and actually often officially designated as wastelands, not fit for anything but mosquitoes and smelly swamp. Fortunately, this view of the tidal (Read More)
It seems important to learn why for the past few years the issue of forestry in Colombia has been at the hub of the main debates and the government agenda. (Read More)
The certification process for organic shrimps in Ecuador is promoted by Naturland, a German certifying company that launched processes in 1996 to certify shrimp farming companies in the country and (Read More)
Dear Friends, I am Floresmilo Villalta, President of the Free Ecuador Poultry Association and I wish to thank you –all the organizations and people who have given me their moral (Read More)
Aguide is located in the coastal zone between the Zamuro and Uvero Points, and is part of the Parish of La Pastora, Acosta Municipality, in the northeast of the State (Read More)
There is no smoke without fire, and in this case, the fire is in Spain, where the ENCE paper company has a pulp mill that for many years has contaminated (Read More)
“Carbon emission trading, a vehicle for development. Is this a story that’s worth telling? I think it is,” Sergio Jellinek, a “communications advisor” at the World Bank told a room (Read More)
In June, the World Bank co-organised the Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany. This trade fair showcased projects on the look-out for corporate and governmental buyers from industrialised countries for the (Read More)