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Peru: “The Laundering Machine: How fraud and corruption in Peru’s concession system are destroying the future of its forests”

A report by the Environmental Investigation Agency documents how ‘formal’ and ‘legal’ mechanisms for timber extraction in Peru are serving to ‘launder’ wood of controversial or illegal origin. Species like mahogany, for instance, are protected under Peruvian law which stipulates they may only be felled in concession areas awarded to specific companies.

The curse of palm oil in Cameroon: Pollution, expropriations and land grabbing

Local communities affected by the oil palm plantations from the Société des Palmeraies du Cameroun (SOCAPALM) are waging an all-out battle to defend their rights, which are being trampled on with impunity. This giant agro-industrial palm oil production company, controlled by the Bolloré Group, has planted vast plantations in the coastal, central and southern regions of the country. Moreover, Bolloré also owns SOCFIN, the company responsible for destruction of villages and human rights violations in Nigeria.

Indonesia: Wilmar continues to engage with suppliers that clear orangutan habitat, forested deep peatlands and high carbon stock forests

Despite the fancy PR campaigns of Asia’s giant agribusiness group Wilmar praising itself for its “No Deforestation” policy, the company continues to purchase palm oil from suppliers that continue to clearcut vast forests and peatlands. Wilmar's business outside the PR department appears to be largely unaffected by its "No Deforestation" policy.

“A chance for change in the Congolese forests,” a video produced by the NGO FERN

This video shows the struggle of communities that depend on the forests in the Republic of Congo, and that of their defenders, to reduce the impacts of deforestation and to guarantee their rights to manage and control their own forests,

Malaysia: Asian Development Bank Urged to Shelve Loan For Power Grid in Sarawak

Anglo-American in Brazil: another case of public hearings legitimizing destructive corporate projects

Ecuador: Statement of the women’s gathering against extractivism and climate change

India: Appeal to the government of India and to the UN on Development, Rights & Biodiversity in Forest Communities to protect indigenous rights

Statement of the CBD Alliance to the COP 12 of the CBD

Mr. Chairman, Executive Secretary, Your Excellencies, Oct 15, Statement of the CBD Alliance, Plenary session at the High Level Segment - COP12. My name is Choony Kim, I represent the Korean Civil Society Network on the CBD, and am a board member of the CBD Alliance, which is the formal network of civil society organisations engaged in the discussions on the CBD and biodiversity related issues. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share some of the concerns and recommendations of civil society at this occassion.

Fordern Sie Aufklärung der Gewalt gegen CIMI, eine der wichtigsten Unterstützergruppen von Indigenen Völkern in Acre, Brasilien. Acre ist Empfänger von 'REDD Early Movers' Geldern

Herrn Minister Gerd Müller Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Stresemannstraße 94 10963 Berlin Frau Ministerin Dr. Barbara Hendricks Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) Stresemannstraße 128 - 130 10117 Berlin Sehr geehrte Frau Ministerin Hendricks,

Appeal to denounce violence against CIMI, the indigenous peoples' support group in Acre, Brazil. Acre is the primary recipient of REDD Early Movers funding

Also available in Deutch Minister Dr. Gerd Müller Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) Stresemannstraße 94 10963 Berlin

Indigenous Peoples and farmers from Palawan in the Philippines submit a petition -signed by more than 4,200 people- to the government calling for a moratorium on oil palm expansion province wide - Press Release

Joint IPs/Farmers Coalition Hits Oil Palm Expansion in Palawan A press release by the Coalition against Land Grabbing (CALG), 13 October, 2014