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Wilful ignorance: FAO and industrial tree plantations

FAO continues to push the lie of “planted forests”. By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 141, April 2009 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has long worked on behalf of the plantation…


| tags fao | 28 Apr 2009 | comments (view)


Environmental impact assessment and environmental auditing in the pulp and paper industry

Environmental impact assessment and environmental auditing in the pulp and paper industry


| tags fao | pulp | pollution | 18 Mar 2009 | comments (view)


Corporate social responsibility for successful business: an example from Latin America Arauco!!

Corporate social responsibility for successful business: an example from Latin America Arauco!!


| tags chile | paper | greenwash | fao | 21 Jan 2009 | comments (view)


“By JEREMY RIFKIN
Hundreds of millions of people are going hungry every day all over the world because much of the arable land now is being used to grow feed grain for animals rather than food grain for people. Grain-fed cattle, pigs, chicken and other livestock, in turn, are being consumed by the wealthiest people on the planet while the poor go hungry.”
- There’s a Bone to Pick With Meat Eaters

| tags fao | 15 Jan 2009 | comments (view)


XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS | 18 – 25 OCTOBER 2009 BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA The theme: “Forests in development - a vital balance”. Ughh. Jack Westoby will be spinning in his grave.

XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS | 18 – 25 OCTOBER 2009
BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA

The theme: “Forests in development - a vital balance”. Ughh. Jack Westoby will be spinning in his grave.


| tags fao | 26 Mar 2008 | comments (view)


Proceedings FAO Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products - Emissions Trading

“When all open land had been fenced off and appropriated by someone, the free acquisition of land ended, and land became scarce. Land was henceforth transferred against payment. Unlike land, however, emissions entitlements are not tangible assets. The markets created by emissions trading are an invention of man. For emissions trading to work, there are certain pre-requisites that need to be fulfilled.”

Peter Vis, Principal Administrator Climate Change & Energy Unit, Environment DG, European Commission, Brussels - speaking in a personal capacity.


| tags eu report | fao | carbon trade | 12 Mar 2008 | comments (view)