From 11th to 13th October, Mexico City will be hosting a High-Level “Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels” convened by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO is a specialised UN organisation with a long record of representing the interests of the aviation industry, i.e. airlines and aircraft manufacturers.
21/09/2017
On September 21st we celebrate the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures.
This date, that was launched in 2004, in Brazil, by the Alert against the Green Desert Network, serves to create a special moment in the year to denounce the serious negative impacts of the industrial model of timber production on communities and local ecosystems. Year after year, organizations and social movements carry out a number of activities during this month to give visibility to their struggles and to denounce the negative impacts plantations have on their livelihoods and territories. But above all, September 21st is a date to celebrate the resistance and solidarity and to say no more tree monocultures!
Bulletin articles
21 September 2017
Photo: Ecos Córdoba.
Located in the central region of Argentina, Cordoba is one of the five largest provinces in the country. Between 1904 and 2004, it lost 95 percent of its native forest, mainly as a result of the expansion of large-scale agriculture. Its annual deforestation rates are among the highest in the world, bringing serious consequences for the environment, health and food sovereignty of the population, according to researchers at the National University of Cordoba (1).
Action alerts
21 September 2017
(Available in Spanish and Portuguese)
Declaración internacional frente a la expansión de monocultivos de árboles - Red Latinoamericana contra los Monocultivos de Árboles (Recoma).
Multimedia
10 September 2017
WRM releases five short videos which shows why industrial tree plantations are not forests.
The first one is about the impacts of large-scale tree plantations in general. The other remaining four focus on specific topics: oil palm plantations, pulpwood plantations, impacts on water and certifications.
The videos are available in two formats:
- On the WRM YouTube cannel, to share on web sites, social networks, via e-mail, etc.
- Versions in low resolution to download and share via WhatsApp and Telegram and for use in locations with slow Internet connection.
Multimedia
7 September 2017
Documentary by Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas para o Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul da Bahia - CEPEDES, Brazil.
7 September 2017
On September 21st we celebrate the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures.
Bulletin articles
7 February 2017
Years before governments adopted the Paris Agreement, international initiatives promising millions of hectares of reforestation and forest restoration were launched, supposedly to benefit the environment and local communities. Yet, not one example of reforestation at scale exists that has achieved the promised benefits for communities and the environment.
Publications
5 October 2016
The briefing, “Impactos en el agua de las plantaciones industriales de árboles”, (Industrial tree plantations impacts on water), is a tool aimed at supporting local communities that suffer from the negative impacts of tree plantations on the local water resources they depend on.
