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WRM BULLETIN:
WRM VIDEOS:
WRM BRIEFINGS:
WRM PUBLICATIONS IN PAPER FORMAT:
Women and Eucalyptus Stories of Life and Resistance
Impacts of Eucalyptus Monocultures on Indigenous and Afrobrazilian Women in the State of Espírito Santo. Brasil - January 2008. Also available in Portuguese and Spanish

Swaziland: The myth of sustainable timber plantations
By Wally Menne and Ricardo Carrere - March 2007

Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel - Colonization Lives On
Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the impacts of the oil palm plantations in the forestss. September 2006. Also available in Spanish

Creating Poverty in Laos: The Asian Development Bank and Industrial Tree Plantations.
A World Rainforest Movement briefing paper By Chris Lang and Bruce Shoemaker. April 2006

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
The death of the Forest: A Report on Wuzhishan's and Green Rich's Plantation activities in Cambodia
Proponents of industrial tree plantations argue that the plantations are “reforestation”, increasing the area of forest, providing jobs for local people, or reducing pressure on natural forests.
This report examines these companies’ operations in Cambodia, the impacts observed to date on the local populations and the environment, and the associated human rights violations.
March 2006

The Economic and Social Context of Monoculture Tree Plantations in Chile: the Case of the Commune of Lumaco, Araucania region
By means of testimonials, documents and figures, the present report sets out the problems faced by that commune of 11,405 inhabitants, where monoculture tree plantations have expanded violently, imposed by a forestry development model instituted during the military dictatorship and still currently in force.
August 2005
- Also available in Spanish
Indigenous Peoples. Their forests, struggles and rights
This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest. In the book, the major issue of indigenous peoples still living in voluntary isolation is highlighted as a way of contributing to the protection of their rights.
December 2005.
Also available in French and Spanish
  • The whiteness of a sheet of paper hides obscure stories of enviromental degradation and social dispossession. Those stries are seldom know by consumers living far away from where the raw material -wwod- is obteined and from where pulp and paper are produced. It is therefore important to kno-and tell- the story - April 2005
    Also available in Spanish and Portuguese
  • Protected Areas. Protected Against Whom?. by Oilwatch and World Rainforest Movement. The book contains information disseminated in different formats by both organizations and most of the articles have been previously published in the electronic bulletins of Oilwatch ("Resistance") and WRM - January 2004. - Also available in Spanish
  • Plantations are not forests. Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the issue of the impacts of large scale monoculture tree plantations. August 2003. Also available in Portuguese and Spanish
  • Community-based Forest Management. Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the issue of the Community Forest Management. December 2002. (Out of stock)

 
  • Mangroves: Local livelihoods vs. corporate profits. Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles developed at the local and global levels to protect and use these forests in a socially equitable and environmentally adequate manner. December 2002. Also available in French and Spanish.

  • Africa: Forests under threat. Selection of articles published in the WRM bulletin addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of African forests and the struggles developed there to protect and use these forests adequately. August 2002. Also available in Spanish and in French.

  • Sinks that stink - selection of articles published in the World Rainforest Movement's (WRM) Bulletin on the issue of climate change. World Rainforest Movement, October 2000. Also available in Spanish (Out of stock)

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  • The high cost of cheap oil  - selection of articles published in the World Rainforest Movement's (WRM) Bulletin on the issue of oil exploitation. World Rainforest Movement, July 2000. Also available in Spanish . (Out of stock)

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  • Venezuela: Violations of Indigenous Rights. Report to the International Labour Office on the observation of ILO Convention 107. Marcus Colchester (WRM) with Fiona Watson (Survival International), 1995. Disponible también en español.

  • Who's Who in Suriname's Forests. Marcus Colchester, 1995.
  • The Twa of Rwanda. Jerome Lewis and Judy Knight. 1995. World Rainforest Movement and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 1995.

  • Esclave et Enclave: Vers une ecologie politique de l'Afrique equatoriale. Marcus Colchester, 1995.

  • Forest Politics in Suriname. Marcus Colchester, International Books, 1995.

  • A Future for Forests? Development Alternatives for Suriname's Interior. Marcus Colchester, 1994.

  • Some Dilemmas in Asserting 'Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights'. Marcus Colchester, 1994.

  • Sustainability and Decision-making in the Venezuelan Amazon: the Yanomami in the Upper Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve. Marcus Colchester, 1994.

  • The New Sultans. Asian Loggers Move in on Guyana's Forests. Marcus Colchester, 1994.

  • Salvaging Nature. Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation. Marcus Colchester, 1994. Disponible también en español y francés.

  • The Global Environment Fallacy: why the GEF cannot contribute to sustainable development. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • The Struggle for Land and the Fate of the Forests: the case for land reform. Edited by Marcus Colchester and Larry Lohman. Zed Books, 1993.

  • Who's Who in Guyana's Forests. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Rainforests. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • African Indigenous Peoples searching for a Future. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • Slave and Enclave: Towards a Political Ecology of Equatorial Africa. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • Indigene Volker und Wald. Statusbericht, Empfehlungen und Perspektiven fur die Bundesdeutsche Politik. WRM and German Rainforest Campaigns, 1993.

  • Pirates, squatters and poachers: the political ecology of dispossession of the native peoples of Sarawak. Marcus Colchester, 1993.

  • Tropical Forestry Action Plan: Campaign Dossier. The Ecologist / World Rainforest Movement, 1992

  • The International Tropical Timber Agreement: Conserving the Forests or Chainsaw Charter Friends of the Earth and WRM. 1992.

  • Forests for Sale: Guyana's Forests...Going, Going, Gone 1991.

  • Sustaining the Forests: the community-based approach. Cases from South and East Asia. 1991.

  • The Global Environment Facility: Why the World Bank should not be handling it. 1991.

  • Biodiversity: Social and Ecological perspectives. WRM and Zed Books, 1991.

  • The Endangered Rainforests and the Fight for Survival. 1991, 2 volume dossier.

  • Rainforest Destruction: Causes, Effects & False Solutions. World Rainforest Movement. 1990.

  • The Tropical Forestry Action Plan: What Progress M. Colchester and L.Lohmann. WRM and The Ecologist. 1990.

  • Shifting Cultivation: rational resource use or a robber economy 1990.

  • The International Tropical Timber Organisation: kill or cure for the rainforests 1990.

  • The Battle for Sarawak's Forests. WRM and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, 2nd ed. 1990.

  • Forestry Crisis and Forestry Myths. A Critical Review of Tropical Forests: A Call for Action. Vandana Shiva. WRM, 1987.

 

 


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