pela terra que nos alimenta florestas e biodiversidade & soberania alimentar

This report by Friends of the Earth International documents various community-led struggles and successes in maintaining biodiversity and food sovereignty across different global territories. It highlights the conflict between industrial agricultural models—characterized by monocultures, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and land grabbing—and traditional, agroecological practices that respect natural cycles and ancestral knowledge.

• In Nigeria, the French company Michelin acquired over 3,500 hectares of the Iguobazuwa forest reserve in Edo state for rubber plantations under a 25-year lease, leading to increased hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and forced migration.
• In Uganda, the BIDCO project established over 10,000 hectares of oil palm on Bugala Island in Kalangala, resulting in the destruction of tropical forests and prairies, water depletion, and the displacement of local fishing communities.
• Indonesia has experienced massive deforestation, losing 72% of its forests by the start of the last century, with 60 to 80 million inhabitants depending on these forests for food, medicine, and shelter.
• In Argentina's Misiones province, industrial monocultures of tobacco and pinus have caused native forest deforestation and the loss of food sovereignty, prompting families to shift toward agroecological production and local markets.
• In Colombia's García Rovira province, the Agrovida association of agroecological producers has recovered over 100 varieties of potatoes, 40 of broad beans, and 30 of beans to protect against the homogenization of tastes and the threats of coal mining.
• In Costa Rica, the Sonafluca settlement manages 146 hectares of community forest, including the 'Reserva Biológica Dendrobates', which protects endangered species like the Manu (Minquartia guianensis) and Tostao (Sclerolobium costaricense).
• El Salvador faces a severe food crisis where 88.7% of the territory is vulnerable to natural disasters, and 25% of the population struggles to afford food, exacerbated by policies favoring cereal imports and chemical inputs from companies like Monsanto, Bayer, and Syngenta.
• In the United States, agricultural diversity has plummeted from an average of 5 varieties per farm in 1900 to 1 today, with four seed companies controlling 43% of the market and 50% of intellectual property rights.
• The United States' corn-based ethanol production diverts over 30% of the corn harvest, competing with natural prairies and causing biodiversity loss and artificially high corn prices globally.
• In Switzerland, urban expansion and industrial agriculture have led to a high rate of species extinction; the country is only slightly more than 50% food self-sufficient and imports 250,000 tons of soy annually.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2011). pela terra que nos alimenta florestas e biodiversidade & soberania alimentar. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pela-terra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. pela terra que nos alimenta florestas e biodiversidade & soberania alimentar. 2011. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pela-terra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2011pela, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{pela terra que nos alimenta florestas e biodiversidade \& soberania alimentar}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2011}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pela-terra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }