cest chez nous en Océanie aux Iles Salomon quand les multinationales se gavent en massacrant lenvironnement et en mettant en péril lexistence des autochtones We depend on our forest resources for everyday living,” Vaghi said. “When the logging companies came in, they destroyed about 91 percent of the forests’ value in terms of biodiversity, rivers, water, animals and food.” (…) For the past 20 years, the government’s economic focus on logging, which accounts for 60 percent of export earnings, has brought few benefits to rural communities, which have seen little improvement in their lives. The majority of the logs are exported and local landowners receive 15 percent royalties. But deforestation has removed wild fruits and vegetables that are a local food source and destroyed the habitats of animals, such as pigs, which then plunder community food gardens.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:25:14 +0000
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