Shell drops biofuels plan after Brazilian Indian protest
For the indigenous Guarani tribe, land is the origin of all life. But they and their land suffer violent and murderous invasions by the biofuel industry.
FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
For the indigenous Guarani tribe, land is the origin of all life. But they and their land suffer violent and murderous invasions by the biofuel industry.
At the age of 95 Martin Litton (with his vintage Cessna 195) is still the guarding eye and voice for the Giant Sequoia National Monument Park in California.
The Indian Dongria Kondh tribe has won a ‘David and Goliath’ battle to save their land and sacred mountains from a multinational bauxite/aluminium company.
Global deforestation costs far more than the current banking crisis (2008). Yet another sobering calculation exposing the lack of political will.
An old yew tree of major literary and spiritual importance was axed by Swindon Borough Council when no-one was around to stop the destruction.
In 2006, the UK was the second highest importer of illegal timber – after Finland which acts as Europe’s hub for illegal timber coming via China and Russia.
Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate. Reforestation with farmed seedlings does not make up for the rich eco systems of old-growth forests.
After prayers of the U’wa tribe in Colombia an entire oil field disappeared and 100 million US dollars of excavation spendings could not bring it back.
For the U’wa, an indigenous people in northeastern Colombia, oil is the blood of the Earth, and to extract it is equivalent to committing matricide.
For the indigenous Guarani tribe, land is the origin of all life. But they and their land suffer violent and murderous invasions by the biofuel industry.
At the age of 95 Martin Litton (with his vintage Cessna 195) is still the guarding eye and voice for the Giant Sequoia National Monument Park in California.
The Indian Dongria Kondh tribe has won a ‘David and Goliath’ battle to save their land and sacred mountains from a multinational bauxite/aluminium company.
Global deforestation costs far more than the current banking crisis (2008). Yet another sobering calculation exposing the lack of political will.
An old yew tree of major literary and spiritual importance was axed by Swindon Borough Council when no-one was around to stop the destruction.
In 2006, the UK was the second highest importer of illegal timber – after Finland which acts as Europe’s hub for illegal timber coming via China and Russia.
Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate. Reforestation with farmed seedlings does not make up for the rich eco systems of old-growth forests.
After prayers of the U’wa tribe in Colombia an entire oil field disappeared and 100 million US dollars of excavation spendings could not bring it back.
For the U’wa, an indigenous people in northeastern Colombia, oil is the blood of the Earth, and to extract it is equivalent to committing matricide.