Struggles for the Forests

When corporations destroy forests, or restrict or even prohibit access to forest peoples' territories, they place communities' ways of life and their very existence at risk. WRM supports forest peoples' struggles to defend their territories, and their right to decide how to live, and how to use the forests they depend on.

Bulletin articles 9 July 2018

The Amazon: A territory in the crossfire

Fires in the Amazon are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. But who is really burning the forests?

Other information 9 July 2018

Declaration from Sena Madureira, Brazil: “We carry forward the spirit of union among peoples, and opposition to capitalism's “solutions”

Bulletin articles 29 April 2018

Peasant communities and those dependent on the forests united in struggle

In solidarity with the International Day of Peasant Struggle. A day to remember, emphasize and mobilize together against the persecution and violence that peasants suffer on a daily basis around the world.