Forests and Biodiversity

Half of the world’s forests have disappeared. Privatisation, trade liberalisation and increased exports of crops, such as soy and palm oil, have led to a massive increase in large-scale plantations, triggering further deforestation. Yet forests provide livelihoods for many local communities and indigenous peoples. They help to regulate our climate, and are home to some of the most species-diverse habitats on earth.

We campaign at the international level, through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and at the national level in supporting our member groups to lobby for policy change and implement local solutions to protect forests and biodiversity. We work with local communities and indigenous peoples to conserve forests, and strengthen communities’ rights and community management of forests. We campaign against industrial large scale plantations, monoculture, destructive logging and the commodification and financialization of forests and biodiversity. We urgently need to protect the forests in our fight for a sustainable future for everybody.


For more information contact:
Regional Program Coordinators
Email: foeapac_programmes@lists.foei.org

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