Thanks to the letter campaign and the pressure from Brazilian and international organizations and institutions, FUNAI (the State Agency on Indigenous Peoples issues) published in the official gazette -with considerable delay- the identification reports on the extension and demarcation of the indigenous lands of Tupinikim and Guarani on January 13th. Eight days later Aracruz Celulose filed its response, aimed at proving that the company is the legitimate owner of the land presently claimed by the Tupinikim.
Other information
Saskia has prepared a draft plan for the plantations campaign. As tools for the campaign, we already have an excellent summary of "Pulping the South", produced by PER (Noel Rajesh). We have also translated (though not yet published) the whole book into Spanish and will also translate Rajesh's summary. Anyone interested in the summary, please let us know and we will send it.
The Oxford Office was actively involved in the preparation of a European NGO statement for the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests. The International Secretariat, with input from the Oxford Office, released a WRM statement also for the IPF (see English and Spanish versions at the end of the Bulletin).
REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
(Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)
Annex III
NON-LEGALLY BINDING AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLESFOR A GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL TYPES OF FORESTS
PREAMBLE
INTRODUCTION
11.1. This chapter refers to the four programme areas resulting from the negotiations held at the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee.
PROGRAMME AREAS
A. Sustaining the multiple roles and functions of all types of forests, forest lands and woodlands
Basis for action