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.

Bulletin articles 10 July 2015

Mining activity kills Indonesia’s peasants and fisher people

Bulletin articles 31 October 2014

Indonesia: forests are more than land

Bulletin articles 4 September 2014

Coastal forests threatened by tourism

Other information 7 May 2014

Mexico, Lacandon Rainforest: Montes Azules REDDeldía Movement

Other information 23 December 2013

Indonesia: Action on Customary Forests

Bulletin articles 31 October 2013

Indonesia: Gold in Bukit Tiga Jurai affecting food sovereignty

Other information 30 July 2013

Stop the Conversion of Mangrove Forests, Local Initiatives Support Save the Mangrove Forest

Other information 30 December 2012

Manufacturing Consent - VIDEO

Bulletin articles 14 December 2012

Indonesia: The Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership REDD project - little partnership, many problems

Article based on a field visit and conversations with villagers in 5 of the 7 most affected communities by this project.

Bulletin articles 14 December 2012

Environmental Human Rights Advocates Challenge REDD+ in Chiapas and in California

Social organizations try to prevent a Chiapas-California REDD agreement from going forward. They denounce the potential for increased emissions in California on the one hand and landgrabs in Chiapas on the other.