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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