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TREE TROUBLE

A Compilation of Testimonies on the Negative Impact of Large-scale Monoculture Tree Plantations prepared for the sixth Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change by Friends of the Earth International in cooperation with the World Rainforest Movement and FERN.

CONTENTS

Monoculture Forestry, A Critique from an Ecological Perspective
Elaborated by Javier Baltodano, Coecoceiba/ Friends of the Earth-Costa Rica
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Tree Plantations as Carbon Sinks: The Case of Ecuador
By Ricardo Buitrón C., Acción Ecológica/Friends of the Earth-Ecuador

Tree plantations and Carbon sequestration: A Case study on Australia
By Leonie van der Maesen, Friends of the Earth Australia/ Native Forest Network Southern Hemisphere

Planting Problems in Paraguay: Shell and the Good Business of Reducing Nature
By Miguel Lovera, Sobrevivencia/ Friends of the Earth-Paraguay

A Study on the Finnish involvement in Industrial Pulp Plantations in Indonesia: Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (Sumatra) and Finnantara Intiga (Borneo)
By Otto Miettinnen and Harri Lammi, Friends of the Earth-Finland
in consultation with WALHI/ Friends of the Earth-Indonesia

Tree Plantations: Their Social and Environmental Impact in the Community of Empedrado, VII Region, Chile
By César Sepúlveda V. and Hernán Verscheure S. (ed.), Forest Program, Comité Nacional Pro-Defensa de la Fauna y Flora (CODEFF)/ Friends of the Earth-Chile

Tree Plantations in Cameroon: A Glance at the Possible Negative Impacts
By CED/FoE Cameroon

Tree Plantations and Forests in Colombia
By Hildebrando Velez, Censat Agua Viva/ Friends of the Earth-Colombia

Spruce Monocultures in the Sumava Mountains Case Study
By Jaromir Blaha, Director of Forest Program, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic and Ivona Matjková, Department of Biology, South Bohemia University

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