New Report: “Real” vs. “Fake” Forests: Why Tree Plantations Are Not Forests Loblolly Pine Plantation, South Carolina, USA. Photo: Petermann In the attached report “Real” vs. “Fake” Forests: Why Tree Plantations Are Not Forest," Dominick A DellaSala discusses in...
Environmental and human rights activist, Rosane Santiago Silveira tortured and murdered in Brazil Source: Rede Brasil Atual 13 February 2019 Environmental and human rights activist, Rosane Santiago Silveira was brutally tortured and murdered in the city of Nova Viçosa...
Chico Mendes 30 years on: Against the false solutions of green capitalism By Chris LangRedd-Monitor.org At 5.45 pm on 22 December 1988, Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper and trade union leader was assassinated in the doorway of his home in Xapuri, Acre. Two...
New data reveals shocking scale of planned forest biomass industry growth Threat map report shows biomass industry set to increase 250% in next decade - threatening both the fight against climate change and forests globally. There is a new and growing threat to the...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Hits 10 Year High Via REDD-MONITOR.ORG: Data released by the Brazilian government last week reveals that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has reached its highest rate since 2008. In the period August 2017 to July 2018, an...
Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Tree Called ‘Trojan Horse’ Aimed at Opening Door to Commercialize GE Trees Opponents accuse researchers of seeking USDA approval for "iconic" GE American chestnut trees to evade widespread opposition to genetic...
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Called To Task for Certifying Violent, Destructive Companies On November 12, with the endorsement of organizations from five continents, Friends of the Earth International and World Rainforest Movement publish an open...
The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses Over 115 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform” (November 7, 2018) -- An international coalition of more than 120...
Over 120 Groups From Around the World Declare Large Scale Forest Biomass Energy a Dangerous ‘Delusion’ (24 October 2018) - A loud chorus of civil society organisations representing hundreds of thousands of people around the world has come together to release a new...
Eucalyptus Plantations, Toilet Paper Companies Devastate Brazilian Town The devastating social and ecological impacts of plantations, especially eucalyptus are well documented and vast. Freeze tolerant genetically engineered eucalyptus trees could allow eucalyptus...