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 … [Read more...]
Carbon Colonialism: Failure of Green Resources’ Carbon Offset Project in Uganda
Via World Rainforest Movement Green Resources – a Norwegian tree plantation, carbon offset, wood products, and renewable energy company – champion themselves as a good corporate citizen. … [Read more...]
Brazil and Land Rights: A Historical Struggle that Continues and Intensifies
Interview to Roberto Liebgott, coordinator of “Regional Sul do Conselho Indigenista Missionário” – CIMI (The South Regional from the Indigenous Missionary Council) in Brazil. Originally published by … [Read more...]
The Fallacy of the Green Economy
Via Redd-Monitor.org World Rainforest Movement recently published a statement, signed by 26 Brazilian organisations, opposing REDD. Specifically, the statement is in opposition to the German-funded … [Read more...]
Resource Page on Monoculture Tree Plantations: Videos, Photos & More
The Campaign to STOP GE Trees coordinated with the World Rainforest Movement to speak out against the social and ecological dangers associated with tree plantations. Join us and share the following … [Read more...]
‘We Want Our Lands Back’: Women Worldwide Fight Expansion of Industrial Oil Palm Plantations
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from … [Read more...]
The Need for Greater Honesty in the Timber Industry
By WALLY MENNE Originally published by Global Forest Coalition Is the timber, pulp, packaging, paper and wood pellet industry genuinely attempting to reform itself, as is often … [Read more...]
The Vitoria Statement in Support of the Struggles of Local Peoples Against Large-Scale Tree Plantations
The following statement was issued on 24 November 2005 in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil at an international meeting on building support for local communities against large-scale tree plantations and … [Read more...]
India: Support Forest Dependent Communities Against Plantation Expansion
Via World Rainforest Movement: Please support the action by endorsing the letter to be sent to relevant Ministries in India rejecting the CAF Act. Send your name, organization and country no later … [Read more...]
SIGN ON: Stop Monoculture Tree Plantations Expansion in Mozambique
Via World Rainforest Movement: September 21st is the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Launched in 2004, this international day commemorates people's resistance … [Read more...]
