por la tierra que nos alimenta bosques y biodiversidad & soberanía alimentaria

This report by Friends of the Earth International compiles experiences from Nigeria, Uganda, Indonesia, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, the USA, Guatemala, and Switzerland. It argues that food sovereignty is inseparable from the protection of biodiversity and forests, and it documents how local communities—including indigenous peoples and peasant farmers—resist monocultures, land grabbing, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) through agroecology, seed conservation, and community-based land management.

• In Nigeria, the French company Michelin leased over 3,500 hectares of the Iguobazuwa forest reserve for rubber plantations, leading to increased hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and forced migration.
• In Uganda, the BIDCO oil palm project on Bugala Island has caused deforestation, water depletion, and the displacement of communities, with the government granting formal land tenure to the company rather than the local population.
• Indonesia has experienced massive tropical rainforest loss, with approximately 60 to 80 million people depending on these forests for food, medicine, and shelter.
• In Misiones, Argentina, the expansion of industrial monocultures of tobacco and pine has caused native forest deforestation and the loss of food sovereignty.
• The Agrovida association in Colombia's García Rovira province has recovered over 100 varieties of potato, 40 of fava bean, and 30 of common bean to diversify in situ seed banks.
• In Costa Rica, the Sonafluca settlement manages a 146-hectare community forest known as the 'Reserva Biológica Dendrobates,' which protects endangered species like the Manu and Tostao trees.
• El Salvador is highly vulnerable to climate change, with 88.7% of its territory susceptible to natural disasters, and faces a food crisis exacerbated by policies favoring cereal imports and the use of chemical inputs.
• In the United States, agricultural diversity has declined sharply, with the average number of varieties per farm dropping from about five in 1900 to one today.
• Switzerland faces high rates of species extinction and habitat fragmentation due to urban expansion and industrial agriculture, with food self-sufficiency at just over 50%.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2011). por la tierra que nos alimenta bosques y biodiversidad & soberanía alimentaria. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/por-la-tierra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. por la tierra que nos alimenta bosques y biodiversidad & soberanía alimentaria. 2011. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/por-la-tierra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2011por, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{por la tierra que nos alimenta bosques y biodiversidad \& soberanía alimentaria}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2011}, month = jul, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/por-la-tierra-que-nos-alimenta.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }