International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations |
World Rainforest Movement | Friday, 05 September 2008 | |
This coming 21 September we will once again be marking
the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations.
As a way of raising awareness about the different kinds
of impacts suffered by communities in countries around the world as a result of
monoculture tree plantations, we at WRM, Friends of the Earth and the Global
Forest Coalition invite you to join in this worldwide day of protest.
You may be wondering what you can do on this day. There
are a wide variety of activities that can be planned in our different countries
and communities. While the activities chosen will depend upon the possibilities
of each one of us, there are a number of ideas that we would like to share with
you. For example:
- Meetings about plantations (conferences, seminars,
workshops).
- Media activities (press releases, press conferences,
interviews with newspapers, radio and TV programmes, internet
articles).
- Public events (in urban and rural areas) to inform the
public about the impacts of plantations.
- Dissemination of testimonials from people affected by
plantations.
- Meetings with government representatives.
However there are also very simple things that can be
done at an individual level, such us:
- Hanging a sign/banner in the window of your office or
home.
- Putting a bumper sticker on your
vehicle.
- Sending your email contacts a message about the meaning
of the International Day Against Monoculture Tree
Plantations.
- Placing a banner on your website and on blogs.
We are preparing a series of tools that can help you to
organize the kind of activities we have recommended. If you would like to
receive them, please do not hesitate to contact us
In addition, remember that WRM has two other tools
already developed that are available for use at:
1) The video “Mountains of Paper, Mounting Injustice”
(Available at:
http://www.wrm.org.uy/Videos/Paper_Consumption.html)
2) The “Appeal from literature and journalism for
socially and environmentally clean paper” (Available at:
http://www.wrm.org.uy/plantations/writers.html)
Please feel free to write to us if you need further
information.
Kind regards, The WRM Team |