This year, 2014, seems to have reached a new ‘record’ of international declarations in which the signatories commit to drastically reducing, or even halting, deforestation. It is noteworthy that all of them are supported by large transnational corporations linked to the tree plantations for pulp and paper industry and the oil palm plantations industrial processing, as well as institutions linked to financial capital. Besides, some NGOs are also always involved.
The Green Economy
The Green Economy is a tactic used to “clean up” the image of corporations rather than address corporate capture and capitalism as the true drivers of deforestation. False solutions promoted under the Green Economy include certification, sustainable forest management, ecosystem services, REDD+, the bioeconomy, nature-based climate solutions, and zero net deforestation. Rather than stopping it, these “solutions” support corporate-driven destruction that is causing a deep social and ecological crisis.
Bulletin articles
31 October 2014
Bulletin articles
31 October 2014
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31 October 2014
Bulletin articles
31 October 2014
Myth: Sustainable Forest Management will reduce forest emissions and bring sustainable development.
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27 September 2014
Text: Jutta Kill
Published in September 2014 (previously as an article of the monthly electronic bulletin of WRM of July 2014)
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26 September 2014
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Text: Winfridus Overbeek
Photos: Redmanglar Internacional, Kiara, CPP, Canco
Published in September 2014 (previously as an article of the monthly electronic bulletin of WRM of July 2014)
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26 September 2014
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23 September 2014
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Documento informativo del Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques Tropicales (WRM)
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7 September 2014
The Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees (CSGET) Urges FSC to Disassociate from Suzano/FuturaGene
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4 September 2014
The NO REDD in Africa! Network (NRAN) took part in the 2014 SADC People’s Summit in Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe. The summit's final declaration brings strong demands to the Heads of States. The “Rejection of the False Solutions to Climate Change” is one of the demands, calling on governments to: “Reject externally driven false solutions to climate change embedded in for example the existing REDD Plus, Green Revolution and Climate Smart Agriculture proposals”.