Oct 12, 2018 | all other, Bioeconomy, Bioenergy, Climate Justice, False Solutions, Featured, Forests, Geoengineering, Indigenous Peoples, New and Extreme Technologies, Protests & Resistance, Rainforest, Social Media News
Rachel Smolker is codirector of Biofuelwatch where she works to raise awareness of the impacts of large scale bioenergy, the bioeconomy and biotechnology. Her work has spanned from local grassroots organizing to participation in the United Nations conventions on...
Sep 19, 2011 | all other, Bolivia, Chile-All, Deforestation, Forests, Honduras, Indigenous Peoples, Latin America, No GE Trees News, Paraguay, Rainforest, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
This year has been declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations. In response, World Rainforest Movement has initiated a campaign that challenges the definition of “forest” used by FAO. Among other activities, we have drafted the following letter,...