Full Coverage: Forests

31.10.2007 WWF:n selvityksen mukaan suomalaiset elintarviketuottajat ovat piittaamattomia käyttämänsä palmuöljyn alkuperästä ja palmuöljytuotannon vaikutuksista sademetsiin.

18.10.2007 In India, hundreds of women came together to raise their voices against poverty at the WomenÂ’s Tribunal on Poverty on October 17. The event, held at New Delhi, was marked by the release of a womenÂ’s charter on poverty and a visit to the President, reinforcing their rights to be heard.

08.10.2007 Over 25,000 people are marching 350 kilometres from Gwalior to Delhi, the Indian capital, demanding their land rights. Janadesh 2007 is a non-violent and civil disobedience campaign that focuses on restoring peopleÂ’s basic self-worth and dignity through issues about their livelihood resources.

05.10.2007 IndiaÂ’s leading wildlife and environment magazine Sanctuary Asia, Bengal Tiger Line and the Sundarban Tiger Reserve have come together to save the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and its habitat, the Sunderbans. The campaign kicked off at Kolkata, marking the start of the National Wildlife Week on October 1st

01.10.2007 Ecuadorin presidentti Rafael Correa kieltänee öljybisneksen yhdessä Amazonin sademetsän kansallispuistossa – jos kansainvälinen yhteisö suostuu korvaamaan maalle sen menettämät lähes viiden miljardin dollarin öljytulot.