Women in Resistance
When forests are destroyed, women in forest-dependent communities are hit hard: Their living conditions are particularly precarious; and providing food, medicine, materials and clean water becomes even harder. The traditional knowledge and wisdom that women pass down from generation to generation are also at risk. That is why women are often on the frontlines of the resistance to forest destruction.
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Selama lebih dari dua dekade, industri perkebunan (ITPs), khususnya yang berskala besar, dikelola secara intensif, penanaman monokultur seumur, kebanyakan jenis tumbuhan eksotis cepat tumbuh seperti ekaliptus, cemara dan jenis akasia, tapi juga karet dan kelapa sawit, semua yang diperuntukkan di industri penghasil kertas, minyak kelapa sawit dan produk karet, telah emperluas wilayahnya di belahan dunia bagian Selatan sebanyak empat kali lipat.