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As Central America, Asia suffer major flooding new UN Study finds no evidence supporting claims that deforestation is to be blame
BOGOR, INDONESIA and BANGKOK, THAILAND (13 October 2005) — The massive flooding this week in Central America has prompted the press and well-intentioned advocacy groups to blame the flooding following heavy rain from Hurricane Stan on excessive runoff caused by “extensive deforestation.”
Center for International Forestry Research: The Roots of Jungle Warfare: UN Study Finds Many Forested Areas Ripe For Violent Conflict
Experts urge attention to political, economic, and social issues that have made forests the flash point for many of the world’s recent wars.
Center for International Forestry Research: Killings over forest and land issues must end
Dorothy Stang, a 74 year-old missionary and supporter of peasant land rights, was shot to death in the State of Pará in the Amazon region on February 13th. According to media reports, the killing took place a few days after she accused loggers and ranchers of death-threats against rural workers. Within two or three days of the killing, three other people in the State of Pará were murdered in the area of Anapú, a rural village approximately 850 Km from Belém, Pará’s capital city.