You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador. by Huw Hennessy in Quito October 31, 2009 The tropical rainforest in the eastern lowlands of Ecuador assaults the senses: the sunlight dazzles the eyes, the heat is so fierce that within seconds one’s clothes are soaked in sweat. Then there are [...]

by Kathy Marks, Asia-Pacific Correspondent October 26, 2009 Lush tropical rainforest once covered almost all of Indonesia’s 17,000 islands between the Indian and Pacific oceans. And just half a century ago, 80 per cent remained. But since then, rampant logging and burning has destroyed nearly half that cover, and made the country the world’s third largest emitter [...]

Wangari Maathai saw trees being chopped down in her backyard in Kenya and dedicated her life to saving Africa’s rainforests. Now it’s time for the rest of the world to face some hard truths, the Nobel laureate tells Johann Hari by Johann Hari September 28, 2009 When does planting a tree become a revolutionary act – and unleash [...]

Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]