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economic justice - resisting neoliberalisminternationalpublished by Friends of the Earth International Global Europe: The tyranny of free trade the European wayDecember 2008: An analysis of the EU's 'Global Europe' strategy. This strategy is set out to support the profit of European corporations instead of people and the environment. Questioning cellulose industry: the impacts of pulping in South AmericaThe establishment of forest monocultures for the production of cellulose in South American countries has had serious social and environmental impacts in Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. briefing paper for the people's tribunal on human rights violationsChallenging cellulose industry: the impacts of pulping in South America harvesting harmThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is now actively pursuing agrofuels as a clean energy and development strategy. But recent research shows that agrofuels are not a climate solution, and the additional negative impacts of large-scale agrofuels production on land use, ecosystems, and environmental health are substantial. community based forest governanceHuman civilization has played a role in forest destruction for millennia. However, in the recent decades this devastation has become commonplace, and has reached a scale and pace of destruction that is unprecedented. Primary forests are the home and foundation for the rich cultures and lifestyles of more than 1 billion Indigenous people. Another four billion live in communities adjacent to, or dependent in some form or another, on forests. poverty, climate and energy: the case against oil aidWhile attention to climate change is growing globally, a climate policy contradiction is also growing: industrialized countries are trying to cap greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously financing fossil fuel extraction and infrastructur through multilateral development banks (MDBs) and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). (June 2008) Losing Ground. The human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia.The human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia. A report by Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland, LifeMosaic and Sawit Watch February 2008 Island communities are lost before the sea-level risesthe impacts of climate change on small island states WORLD BANK’S ENERGY FRAMEWORKHow the WORLD BANK’S ENERGY FRAMEWORK Sells the Climate and Poor People Short. A Civil Society Response to the World Bank’s Investment Framework for Clean Energy and Development Victims of their own fortunesOngoing environmental problems resulting from oil production in the Niger Delta in Nigeria (October 2000) The European Investment Bank in the South - In whose interest?January 2006: In the 1960’s the EIB started to finance projects in Africa and today about ten percent of the EIB’s financing is outside Europe, in countries from China to Brazil. This lending covers a wide spectrum of project investments including in energy, water, communication, industry and financial intermediaries. But in whose interests are these projects? how large dams and their funders threaten iceland’s natural heritagehow large dams and their funders threaten iceland’s natural heritage (May 2003) the myths of the west african gas pipelineIn November 2004, the World Bank Group approved guarantees for one of Africa’s largest fossil fuel projects, to be carried out by a consortium led by ChevronTexaco and including Royal Dutch Shell. The proposed pipeline, which would run from Nigeria through Benin and Togo to Ghana is surrounded by controversy. This report aims to debunk the three major myths and reveal the truth behind the West African Gas Pipeline. handful_eng.pdffarmers and biodiversity in latin america: "For rural workers, the creation of biodiversity is the result of an interaction between human beings and nature. People are part of nature" member groups and affiliatespublished by our member groups and affiliates
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