WORLD RAINFOREST MOVEMENT
MOVIMIENTO MUNDIAL POR LOS BOSQUES

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W R M   B U L L E T I N   41
DECEMBER   2000
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In this issue:

* OUR VIEWPOINT

- To UNFF or not to UNFF

* LOCAL STRUGGLES AND NEWS

AFRICA

- Nothing much at the Central African forestry ministerial conference held
in Cameroon
- Chad: The World Bank, weapons and oil "development"
- Ghana: The impacts of mining
- Nigeria: Malaysian corporation to invest in palm oil production

ASIA

- Indonesia: The pulp and paper sector's unsustainable growth
- Laos stops World Bank forestry programme
- Malaysia: The true responsible for the 'Penan problem' in Sarawak
- Malaysia: Penan letter on Bruno Manser, missing in Sarawak 
- Thailand: State-owned forestry industry fuels controversy with forestry
certification 
- Vietnam: Road-building threatens Phong Nha Nature Reserve

CENTRAL AMERICA

- Honduras: Struggle against shrimp farming gaining ground 

NORTH AMERICA

- Mexico: International appeal for the release of Montiel and Cabrera

SOUTH AMERICA

- Argentina: Public pressure halts carbon sink project
- Brazil: The struggle of the Pataxo indigenous peoples in Bahia
- Chile: The debate about tree plantations heats up
- Uruguay: No transgenic trees ... for the time being

OCEANIA

- Papua New Guinea: NGOs call for reform of forest industry 
- Solomon Islands: A sustainable alternative to unsustainable logging

* GENERAL

- World Bank foresters deny that plantations alleviate pressures on
forests
- International Prize awarded to two Mapuche women