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The Struggle of the Mapuche ‘People of the Earth’

Posted on December 4, 2017

English Translation of Banner: “We are not the Indigenous people of Chile. We are Mapuche.” By Claudio Donoso Hiriart and Susana Huenul Colicoy Colectivo Viento Sur, Chile Originally Published by Global Forest Coallition Entering this territory… Read More

Category: Chile 2017, Chile-All, Climate Justice, Featured, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, UN Climate COPs Tags: chile, Chilean State, Climate COP, Colectivo Viento Sur, COP, Copiapó, eucalytpus, forests, Global Forest Coallition, indigenous, Mapuche, monoculture, neoliberal, resistance, tree plantation, tree plantations, UN

Environmentalists Denounce UN’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests

Posted on March 20, 2017

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March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s [1] “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 [2] misleadingly promotes bioenergy from burning wood from forests as well as from monoculture tree plantations as “sustainable”… Read More

Category: Bioenergy, Featured, Forests, Paraguay, Social Media News, Tree Plantations Tags: Bioenergy, Biofuelwatch, biomass, eucalytpus, forest, Global Forest Coallition, International Day of Forests, latin america, monoculture, paraguay, rachel smolker, tree plantation, tree plantations