Why does the UN’s latest scheme to save the forests not address the drivers of deforestation?
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25 August 2009
Destroying with one hand, taking with the other: Biomass, REDD and forests
21 July 2009
Laos: Chinese company Sun Paper plans eucalyptus monocultures
More eucalyptus monocultures are planned for Laos.
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28 June 2009
The gaping chasm between climate science and climate negotiations
Climate scientists and climate negotiators might as well live on different planets.
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18 June 2009
Cambodia’s Prey Long forest is “equivalent to life itself” for local communities
The largest area of intact lowland evergreen forests in southeast Asia is under threat.
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28 April 2009
Wilful ignorance: FAO and industrial tree plantations
FAO continues to push the lie of “planted forests”.
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21 February 2009
Bath tubs, forests, carbon trading and climate change
Why trading the carbon stored in forests will not help address runaway climate change.
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6 February 2009
Plantations, poverty and power
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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3 February 2009
Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South
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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6 January 2009
Taking the land, impoverishing the people: The pulp industry in the Mekong Region
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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22 December 2008
Vietnam: Paper shortages, price increases, new mills and more plantations
Vietnam has an ever increasing area of monoculture eucalyptus plantations. Nevertheless, the country faces paper shortages every year.
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22 December 2008
The ADB is destroying the Mekong’s forests and the planet’s climate
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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20 November 2008
Dams on the Mekong mainstream would destroy fisheries for millions
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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11 November 2008
Did FSC pass the practical test or is it on the wrong track?
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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17 October 2008
Why certification of agrofuels won’t work
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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19 September 2008
FSC: Stop certifying monoculture tree plantations!
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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27 June 2008
Uganda: Thousands of Indigenous People evicted from FSC-certified Mount Elgon National Park
Why SGS must withdraw its certificate of Mount Elgon.
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27 June 2008
The Confederation of European Paper Industries’ Looking-Glass World
CEPI’s grip on reality always was tenuous at best. Now it seems to have completely lost it.
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30 May 2008
South Africa: A visit to Komatiland Forests’ industrial tree monocultures
Despite being certified by the Forest Stewarship Council, Komatiland Forests’ industrial tree plantations are far from environmentally or socially responsible.
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