Video: Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil threaten Maned Sloth with extinction

EUCALYPTUS TAKES MANED SLOTH TO EXTINCTION from alicia pakareu on Vimeo. Alicia Pakareu commented on a previous post about Veracel, to inform us about another threat caused by eucalyptus monocultures and extensive cattle grazing. Above is her video, and below is her information posted on vimeo.com.

Armed security force of Fibria (Aracruz) kills local villager in Bahia

A statement about the tragic death of Henrique Souza Pereira in Fibria’s eucalyptus plantations from Sócio-Environmental Fórum of the Extreme South of Bahia and the Alert against the Green Desert Network (March 23, 2010). Armed security force of Fibria (Aracruz) kills local villager in Bahia With this statement, we express our enormous outrage about the [...]

Police expel MST from area of Veracel Cellulose

For the past three months, landless farmers from Brazil’s Movement of Landless Peasants (MST) have occupied an area of land used by the company Veracel. The land is classified as devolutas land, which is land that has no official land title and therefore belongs to the state. The state is supposed to allocate these lands [...]

Brazil: Women impacted by eucalyptus plantations speak out

This month’s World Rainforest Movement Bulletin is focussed on women’s voices on plantations. The following article looks at the impacts of plantations on women in Brazil, and how women are leading the struggle against plantations.

Aracruz gambled away more than US$2 billion on derivatives

In December 2008, Bloomberg reported that Aracruz’s losses on currency-derivatives amounted to US$2.13 billion.

Fisher-folk affected by Aracruz Celulose close the company’s private port

An article in World Rainforest Movement’s Bulletin 135 (October 2008) reports a protest at Aracruz Celulose’s port on 10 October 2008.

Aracruz suspends construction of new pulp mill in Guaiba

Aracruz has announced that it is to “temporarily suspend” the construction of its new pulp mill in Guaiba, Rio Grande do Sul province. Construction at the proposed new pulp mill started in August 2008 and the planned start of operations was 2010.

Aracruz and VCP to merge

Shareholders in Votorantim Celulose & Papel and Aracruz Celulose have agreed plans to merge the two companies.

Aracruz starts building new pulp mill

Aracruz Celulose has started construction of a new 1.3 million tonnes per year pulp mill in Guaíba, in Rio Grande do Sul. Aracruz’s operations at Guaíba currently produce 500,000 tonnes per year. The project will include an increase in the area of industrial tree plantations to provide raw material for the pulp, which will be [...]

International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations

The International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations has its roots in Brazil, where 21 September is the “Day of the Tree”. Activists campaigning against industrial tree plantations chose this symbolic date for a National Day of Struggle in Brazil against Monoculture Tree Plantations.