Bioeconomy
The promise: Switching from a fossil fuel economy to a “bio” economy will solve the ecological and climate crisis. But new conflicts are looming: Whose land will be taken to power a "bio" economy based on the same economic model? Whose territories will be destroyed to dig up the minerals needed? For forest peoples, 'bio' energy, 'green' mining and 'green' plantations mean more dispossession and violence.
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30 March 2023
Bulletin articles
16 June 2022
The nearly 5,000 km. of the Mekong River, which crosses six countries and sustains the lives and livelihoods of millions, is under severe threat due to the on-going construction of large scale dams. Communities are resisting what could be the final struggle to save some of the remaining parts of the River… of their lives.
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15 December 2008
Bulletin articles
8 January 2006