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Chile’s Forests are on Fire: Who is Responsible?

Chile’s Forests are on Fire: Who is Responsible?

Originally published by Global Forest Coalition: It is the summer of 2017. In Chile more than 600,000 hectares [1] of scrubland, plantation forests, agricultural land, native forests and homes have been devastated in what is thought to be the worst episode of forest...

Conflicto Forestal y Violencia Hacia la Infancia Mapuche

Conflicto Forestal y Violencia Hacia la Infancia Mapuche

Originalmente publicado por Mapuexpress.org:   En el marco de una protesta y toma pacífica en dependencias de la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Conadi) en la localidad de Cañete y luego del desalojo y detención de sus ocupantes, Asamblea Acción por...

Tree Biotech Conference Disrupted Amidst Week of Protest

Tree Biotech Conference Disrupted Amidst Week of Protest

For Immediate Release 7 June 2017 Concepción, Chile - Today the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 2017 Tree Biotechnology Conference was forced to cancel its field trip to the University of Concepción's Center for Biotechnology amidst...