Special
Bulletin Nº 95 - June 2005 -
(complete
version)
Forest destruction does
not simply happen. A web of actors and policies can always be identified
as responsible for initiating processes leading to deforestation and
forest degradation. Prominent among those actors are International Financial
Institutions which promote and make possible activities which result
in massive forest loss and in the violation of the rights of forest
and forest-dependent peoples. However, the negative role of these institutions
is not easily perceived by the general public, as their loans and policies
are presented under the disguise of “development assistance”.
For that reason, the World Rainforest Movement and Friends of the Earth
International decided to produce a joint bulletin on this issue, aimed
at shedding some light over the obscure dealings of these institutions.
We hope that the articles below will contribute to that aim.
