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Women, Communities and Plantations in Ecuador

Testimonials on a socially and environmentally destructive forestry model- By Ivonne Ramos and Nathalia Bonilla - October 2008.

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Joint Research of Acción Ecológica and WRM - October 2008

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CONTENTS

Preface
Another look at the impacts of monoculture tree plantations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Pines in the Sierra

Life before the pines
Where and how many trees were planted
The disappearance of water and its impact
Fires
Emigrations
New “solutions”
A bad business
Bad business in numbers

Chapter 2. FSC-certified ENDESA-BOTROSA plantations

The violent arrival of the company
Destruction of native forest
Changes in the ecosystem
The destruction of water resources
A harsh and dangerous environment
Other impacts
Certification without valid consultation
Technical visit observations
Summing up the falsehoods
The mockery of certification

Chapter 3. Impacts of plantations on women

Women on the plantations
Women and water
Women and food
Women and health
The forced confinement of women
Emigration and its impact on women
Two different worlds

Chapter 4. Conclusions

 



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