The largest area of intact lowland evergreen forests in southeast Asia is under threat.
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Cambodia’s Prey Long forest is “equivalent to life itself” for local communities
Posted on 18 June 2009 by Chris Lang
Wilful ignorance: FAO and industrial tree plantations
Posted on 28 April 2009 by Chris Lang
FAO continues to push the lie of “planted forests”.
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Bath tubs, forests, carbon trading and climate change
Posted on 21 February 2009 by Chris Lang
Why trading the carbon stored in forests will not help address runaway climate change.
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Plantations, poverty and power
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South
A report by Chris Lang, published by World Rainforest Movement, December 2008
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Plantations, poverty and power: Introduction
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
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Plantations, poverty and power: Section 1
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
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Plantations, poverty and power: Section 2
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
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Plantations, poverty and power: Section 3
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
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Plantations, poverty and power: Section 4
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Chris Lang
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Plantations, poverty and power: Section 5
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Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South
Posted on 3 February 2009 by Chris Lang
Announcing my new report: “Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South”.
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Taking the land, impoverishing the people: The pulp industry in the Mekong Region
Posted on 6 January 2009 by Chris Lang
Despite the social and environmental impacts of the pulp industry in the Mekong Region, governments, banks and consultants are helping it to expand.
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Vietnam: Paper shortages, price increases, new mills and more plantations
Posted on 22 December 2008 by Chris Lang
Vietnam has an ever increasing area of monoculture eucalyptus plantations. Nevertheless, the country faces paper shortages every year.
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The ADB is destroying the Mekong’s forests and the planet’s climate
Posted on 22 December 2008 by Chris Lang
Through funding coal-fired power plants, the Asian Development Bank is helping accelerate climate change. Its destruction of forests makes things worse.
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Dams on the Mekong mainstream would destroy fisheries for millions
Posted on 20 November 2008 by Chris Lang
Building dams on the Mekong mainstream will destroy the Mekong’s fisheries and subject millions of people to food shortages and poverty.
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Did FSC pass the practical test or is it on the wrong track?
Posted on 11 November 2008 by Chris Lang
By Chris Lang. Presentation at a conference in Berlin: “Sustainability certificates for agroenergy: Guardrail or lubricant for trade with regrowing energy resources?” organised by Brot für die Welt and FDCL, 4 October 2008.
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Why certification of agrofuels won’t work
Posted on 17 October 2008 by Chris Lang
The massive expansion of agrofuels is responsible for forest destruction, livelihood loss and increased food costs. Certification of agrofuels will do nothing to address the problems.
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FSC: Stop certifying monoculture tree plantations!
Posted on 19 September 2008 by Chris Lang
FSC is undermining its own legitimacy and (more importantly) struggles in the South against monoculture tree plantations. The record is not good.
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Uganda: Thousands of Indigenous People evicted from FSC-certified Mount Elgon National Park
Posted on 27 June 2008 by Chris Lang
Why SGS must withdraw its certificate of Mount Elgon.
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The Confederation of European Paper Industries’ Looking-Glass World
Posted on 27 June 2008 by Chris Lang
CEPI’s grip on reality always was tenuous at best. Now it seems to have completely lost it.
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“Shrink”: A new campaign to stop the madness of paper over-consumption
Posted on 27 June 2008 by Chris Lang
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South Africa: A visit to Komatiland Forests’ industrial tree monocultures
Posted on 30 May 2008 by Chris Lang
Despite being certified by the Forest Stewarship Council, Komatiland Forests’ industrial tree plantations are far from environmentally or socially responsible.
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FSC’s greenwash at the Convention on Biodiversity
Posted on 29 May 2008 by Chris Lang
Yesterday, FSC organised a side-event at the Ninth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity in Bonn. Activists from Global Forests Coalition and World Rainforest Movement made their voices heard at the side event.
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Argentina: Scientists confirm that plantations dry up streams and salinise groundwater
Posted on 4 April 2008 by Chris Lang
A series of peer reviewed scientific papers confirms what local communities living near industrial tree plantations already know: industrial tree plantations suck water out of the soil and dry up streams.
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Bangladesh: Phulbari coal mine – “losses beyond compensation”
Posted on 2 April 2008 by Chris Lang
A UK company is planning to build a huge coal mine in Bangladesh. The impacts would be devastating. The Asian Development Bank is considering supporting the project anyway.
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