A palm oil company's 'forest conservation' programme in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing resources from local communities' control.
… for their damaging clearance, of both forests and peatlands, which contributes … lands. The company has also stopped clearing forests and peatlands and HCV areas. This is …
It should be good news, but it's not. Israel's largest man-made forest is set for enlargement, but at the expense of a village where a Bedouin community has lived since they were resettled there in 1956. Its sister village is to be demolished so a new Jewish town can be built on its ruins.
Israel's Forest of Yatir to expand over Bedouin village Amjad Iraqi 972 Mag The Ecologist | 23rd June 2014 News Forest Indigenous Peoples Middle East Cities Human Rights Land Grabs …
As the World Cup gets under way in Brazil, Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa told Liam J Shaughnessy about the very different world he inhabits, deep in the Amazon rainforest - a world of bright spirits, ancient knowledge, union with nature. And a world under threat.
Ours is a path of survival for the whole planet Liam J Shaughnessy | 17th June 2014 Comment Religion Brazil Amazon Forest Development Indigenous Peoples davi-portrait-cut.jpg As the World Cup gets …
74,000 hectares of Tasmania's native forest wilderness will be opened up to industrial logging, writes Jess Abrahams - if Australia's government succeeds in removing its World Heritage status at a UNESCO meeting now under way in Doha.
… to 'delist' 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian forests, so the area can be opened up to … maintaining listing for the recently added forests, why on earth is the Abbott government … Old Growth & High Conservation Value Forests on the UNESCO World Heritage List . …
With Australia's still trying to 'de-list' 74,000 hectares of forest from the Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area, Kevin Kierman reminds us that it's not just about the trees. No less important are the area's unique geology, and ancient Aboriginal cultural sites.
… international talks in Doha, has centred on forests. But the area includes far more than … in the current political squabbling over forests, but the results will determine the … on grounds that the area includes degraded forests , and to open the forests for …
The Keruak Corridor in Malaysian Borneo - a critical area of rainforest which links protected areas sheltering increasingly endangered orangutans - has been secured, with £1 million raised to buy the land.
… destruction of unique and rich tropical rainforests, putting the future of Borneo's … the protection of species, and by connecting forests that are fragmented; we know we can …
A mysterious Hong Kong company has won the concession to build a $40 billion canal through Nicaragua, duplicating the Panama Canal. Jorge Huete-Perez warns that it threatens human and ecological devastation, all for scant benefit to the country.
… Nicaragua Canal will destroy rainforests, communities and wildlife Jorge … reservoir in the region - and cut through rainforests and ecologically valuable swamps. It …
The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Texas has ejected two indigenous men from Ecuador and rejected their 'gift' of posters showing rainforest oil pollution. Chevron was holding its annual general meeting at the museum.
Texas Petroleum Museum rejects 'gifts from Ecuador' The Ecologist | 29th May 2014 News Oil Forest Indigenous People USA Ecuador Corporations oil-lake-ecuador-cut.jpg The Permian Basin Petroleum …