Struggles for the Forests

When corporations destroy forests, or restrict or even prohibit access to forest peoples' territories, they place communities' ways of life and their very existence at risk. WRM supports forest peoples' struggles to defend their territories, and their right to decide how to live, and how to use the forests they depend on.

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Bulletin articles 9 November 2015

The Farce of “Smart Forestry”. The Cases of Green Resources in Mozambique and Suzano in Brazil

Bulletin articles 15 September 2015

The Mundukuru peoples in Brazil: forestry concessions imposed on indigenous lands

África
Other information 10 July 2015

Furthering mining in Africa in a Summit held at the centre of mining finance

Bulletin articles 10 July 2015

Testimony of unsustainability: The experience of the International Articulation of those affected by Vale

madereo
Other information 3 June 2015

Brazil: Three indigenous leaders and forest defenders were murdered

Bulletin articles 31 October 2014

Brazil: The struggle of the tupinamba indigenous people to protect their territory and the conservation of forests

Bulletin articles 4 September 2014

The forests not seen on picture post-cards: looking beyond the tropical belt

Bulletin articles 4 September 2014

Coastal forests threatened by tourism

Other information 10 June 2014

Movement of People Affected by Dams in Brazil denounces violations, proposes solutions

Other information 9 June 2014

Carta de Macapá de los pueblos libres de la Panamazonia

Other information 7 March 2014

Support the struggle of the Tupinambá in Bahia, Brazil for the demarcation of their lands and against militarization!

Bulletin articles 23 December 2013

Brazil: Voices of local communities in Acre denounce violations in Community-based Sustainable Forest Management