Advance Agro claims to be an environmentally friendly company. It isn’t.
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Thailand: Eucalyptus, encroachment, deforestation and pollution linked to pulp and paper company
10 MayVietnam starts resettlement to make way for massive Son La dam
25 AprThe Son La People’s Committee has moved the first 52 people of a total of 91,000 that will be forcibly evicted to make way for the massive Son La dam. At least 13 indigenous groups live in the 275 square kilometres that would be flooded by the reservoir behind the dam.
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Laos: Secrets, lies and tree plantations
25 MarThe Asian Development Bank’s plantation plans in Laos are taking place almost completely in secret.
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Burma/Thailand/Laos: Colonial forestry – then and now
24 MarThe imprint of colonial forestry in the Mekong Region is still felt today, as states continue to wrest control of forests from local communities.
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Laos: Asian Development Bank to support proposed Nam Theun 2 dam
24 MarThe Asian Development Bank is considering financing the proposed Nam Theun 2 dam. Although the project may never be built, it has already had serious impacts on people and forests in Laos.
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Skanska pulls out of dam building . . . or does it?
25 FebThe environment department at Skanska, one of the world’s largest construction firms, announced recently that Skanska is to pull out of dam building. Unfortunately it is not true.
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Laos: Nam Theun 2 dam – Fighting corruption World Bank style
24 FebWhere has the money that a Lao military logging company made from logging the reservoir area of the proposed Nam Theun 2 dam? The World Bank doesn’t seem to care.
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Brazil: Stora Enso and Aracruz plan the world’s biggest pulp mill
23 FebTwo pulp giants get together to create a pulp monster.
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Vietnam: Construction of Kontum pulp and paper mill suspended
25 JanProvincial authorities announce the suspension of construction of a new pulp and paper mill.
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Laos: The impact of the Nam Theun 2 dam on Indigenous Peoples
25 SepMore than 130,000 people would see their livelihoods destroyed if the Nam Theun 2 dam were built. The project has already had a serious impact on indigenous communities living in the reservoir area.
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Vietnam: Swedish involvement in dam that will hit Cambodians
22 JulThe Yali Falls dam has caused devastating impacts on downstream communities in Cambodia. The Vietnamese government is building another dam on the same river, with Swedish help.
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Cambodia: Rubber and oil palm plantations impact on local communities
25 JunRubber and oil palm plantations take over large areas of land: land which is crucial to local people’s livelihoods.
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The Pulp Invasion: The international pulp and paper industry in the Mekong Region
25 MayThis book gives an overview of the pulp and paper industry in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Laos: IFC backs Australian gold mine
25 AprIFC’s involvement in the largest mining operation in Laos, run by an Australian company called Oxiana Resources, helps the rich get richer.
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Laos: IUCN’s controversial role in the Nam Theun 2 dam
25 MarUntil recently, Electricté de France, one of the developers of the Nam Theun 2 dam, was an IUCN “partner in conservation”. Perhaps that explains why IUCN doesn’t oppose the proposed dam.
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Vietnam: Na Hang dam threatens forests, people and wildlife
25 FebThe Vietnamese government is planning to build a dam inside the Na Hang Nature Reserve.
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Vietnam: Massive plantations ahead
25 JanVietnam Paper Corporation’s US$1 billion plan to expand Vietnam’s pulp and paper industry.
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Nordic Footprint
1 DecNordic companies’ pulp operations in Thailand and the impacts.
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