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Publications 31 October 2022

WRM Briefing: A critical reflection on participation in international forest policy processes

On the eve of two new rounds of UN climate and biodiversity Conferences of the Parties (COPs), this document intends to reflect on participation in international forest policy processes. The briefing is based on WRM’s experience and that of grassroots activists with whom WRM collaborates.

Publications 18 March 2022

How forest policies and agencies promote sustainable destruction

On the eve of March 21, the day FAO celebrates its International Day of sustainable forest destruction, WRM is releasing a briefing that looks back at a UN-led process on the Underlying Causes of Deforestation that took place more than 20 years ago. The Underlying Causes identified in 1999 do not only remain as significant today as they were. They have even been reinforced in many ways.

Publications 19 July 2021

Nine Reasons to Say NO to Contract Farming with Palm Oil Companies

Why do peasant farmers lose out when they produce for the palm oil industry? A publication based on experiences from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Publications 6 April 2021

Attacks on Forest-Dependent Communities in Indonesia and Resistance Stories

WRM Bulletin Compilation. Available in English and Indonesian.

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Publications 5 February 2021

Development Finance as Agro-Colonialism: European Development Bank funding of Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The report details abuses faced by communities affected by industrial oil palm plantations managed by the Congolese company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC).

Publications 10 January 2021

What Kind of Future for the World Rainforest Movement?

20 Years after Addressing the Underlying Causes of Deforestation.

Publications 19 February 2020

Communities facing Zero Deforestation pledges: the case of OLAM in Gabon

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Publications 20 September 2019

Report: Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil

A new report on the state of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa shows how communities are turning the tide on a massive land grab in the region.

Publications 4 April 2019

Booklet: 12 Tactics Palm Oil Companies Use to Grab Community Land

The booklet “Promise, Divide, Intimidate and Coerce: 12 tactics palm oil companies use to grab community land” aims to support communities who want to strengthen their resistance and better prepare themselves to stop corporations from establishing on their lands.

Publications 7 March 2019

Breaking the Silence: Harassment, sexual violence and abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm and rubber plantations

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Publications 27 November 2018

Recueil de recettes nutritives, médicinales, artisanales des palmiers à huile traditionnels

Only available in French.

Publications 20 August 2018

Impacts of Large Scale Oil Palm Plantations on Women

A Collection of Articles Published in the WRM Bulletin on the issue of Resistance, Women and the Impacts of Plantations.

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