Information by country: URUGUAY

WRM BOOK
Greenwash: Critical analysis of FSC certification of industrial tree monocultures in Uruguay - by Ricardo Carrere. The aim of this report is to provide documented information and analysis to all those who are currently struggling against large-scale monoculture tree plantations and must face the additional problem posed by the fact that these same plantations are being certified by the FSC. - March 2006 - Also available in Spanish
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN
2007 Labour conditions in two FSC certified tree nurseries The sad situation of tree plantation workers The Swedish pulp and plantation industry’s plan for moving South National Initiative for the Suspension of monoculture tree plantations Botnia pulp mill – “Why is EU public money being used?” 2006 Though not yet in operation, Metsa Botnia’s pulp mill already smells rotten Brazil and Uruguay: Stora Enso’s promises and the harsh reality The Botnia pulp mill project intends to profit from climate change Four companies that should not be certified Certified plantations in Uruguay: Can the FSC really guarantee peace of mind to consumers? FSC certification greenwashes monoculture tree plantations Pulp mills and citizen participation – the World Bank in the limelight The pulp mill companies’ falsehoods 2005 World Bank Ombudsman confirms pulp mill risks Campaign against IFC funding of pulp mill projects Uruguay-Argentina: A huge demonstration against pulp mills To continue celebrating without pulp mills 2004 Either with the people or with pulp mills and tree plantations 2003 Uruguay-Argentina: Joint struggle against a pulp-mill Semi-slave work in plantation forestry Inhuman working conditions at a Chilean forestry company plantation The absurd injustice of promoting tree plantations 2002 What is FSC certifying? Will IDB-funded private port include a pulp mill? 2001 The sad figures of employment generated by plantation companies An example of FAO's "expertise" on forests 2000 No transgenic trees ... for the time being 1999 Networking in action: Australia-Uruguay Foresters' willful blindness Weyerhaeuser subsidized by the people of Uruguay Citizens' network challenges official "research" on plantations 1998 Anti-pulpwood plantation movement on the rise 1997 Forestry model in Uruguay under siege
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Plantaciones Forestales e Impactos sobre el ciclo del agua - By Carlos Pérez Arrarte, February 2007 (Only available in Spanish) Letter of the Forestry Workers Union (SUNOF) is in a state of pre-conflict with the Rivera based forestry company FYMNSA - July 2006 Guayubira's Group press release about IFC's Cumulative Impact Study. December 2005 Ricardo Carrere's open letter in relation to the IFC's Cumulative Impact Study. December 2005 Eduardo Galeano, pulp mills and Environment Day also available in Spanish, Portuguese, French and German Certification of tree plantations by SGS and SmartWood. A questioned past record. March 2006 Investigación: El bosque natural uruguayo por Ricardo Carrere 1. Caracterización general y estudios de caso 2. Sus funciones ambientales 3. Inventario y evolución del recurso 4. Utilización tradicional y usos alternativos Bosque y matorral espinoso psamófilo Listado de especies de flora nativa del Uruguay Selección de artículos sobre monte indígena uruguayo Campaña contra la instalación de 2 fábricas de celulosa en las cercanías de la ciudad de Fray Bentos Algunos datos sobre el impacto socioeconómico de la forestación Forestación y empleo: ¿Qué le deja la forestación a la gente? Plantaciones forestales en la pradera uruguaya Impactos de las plantaciones forestales en la localidad de Cerro Alegre Impactos de la forestación en el Uruguay Forestación, ¿un negocio para quién? Artículos sobre los impactos de las plantaciones de monocultivos forestales a gran escala en Uruguay
LINKS
Grupo Guayubira: http://www.guayubira.org.uy Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de la República Vegetación del Uruguay: http://micol.fcien.edu.uy/flora/uy_veget.htm Descripcion de plantas nativas: http://micol.fcien.edu.uy/flora/uy_flora.htm Red Académica Uruguaya (RAU) Vegetación del Uruguay: http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/flora/Uy.vegetacion.htm Fauna: http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/Uy.fauna.htm Flora: http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/flora/Uy.flora1.htm Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de la República Fichas de especies: http://www.inetwork.com.uy/szu/especies.htm GUPECA - Grupo Uruguayo para el Estudio y la Conservación de las Aves Aves del Uruguay: http://www.galeon.com/avesuy Centro de Investigación Alternativa en Ambiente y Educación http://www.ciaae.org Bosque psamófilo: http://www.ciaae.org/Bosquepsamofilo/index.htm Aves - Proyecto Guira: http://www.ciaae.org/Proyectos/Aves/ Mundo Matero - Flora y Fauna del Uruguay http://www.mundomatero.com/Florayfauna/ Línea Verde http://www.lineaverde.edu.uy CEUTA - Centro de Estudios Uruguayo de Tecnologías Apropiadas http://fp.chasque.net:8081/ceuta/ CIEDUR - Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo, Uruguay http://fp.chasque.net:8081/ciedur/ CLAES - Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social http://www.ambiental.net/claes/ REDES - Amigos de la Tierra http://www.redes.org.uy/ Vida Silvestre - Uruguay http://www.vidasilvestre.org.uy/ Red Ambiental.net http://www.ambiental.net/ Red Académica Uruguaya (RAU) Información sobre la yerba mate: http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/cultura/mate.htm CUI - Centro Uruguay Independiente http://www.erres.org.uy/ Ecosur - Comunidad del Sur http://www.ecocomunidad.org.uy/ecosur/