The International Labour Organization launched a commission of inquiry on Wednesday into complaints that Venezuela is violating standards including freedom of association and workers’ rights to organize. The last such ILO investigation involved Zimbabwe in 2008 and there have been only 12 in the past 60 years, including on forced labor under Myanmar’s military junta.
Venezuela
Name
Venezuela
Region
Latin America
Risk
Deforestation
Yes
Transhipment
No
Labour Rights & H&S
Yes
Environment
No
Forest Area
Land Area
88,205,000
ha
Forest Area
46,518,602
ha (52.7%)
FSC Forest Area
155,839
ha (0.3%)
FSC CoCs
6
Forest Legislations 1
ILO sets up rare inquiry into Venezuelan workers' rights
Reuters, 21 Mar 2018
Amazon forest threat is greater outside Brazil
The Washington Post, 31 Aug 2012
Experts are warning that the focus on Brazil, which hosts 60% of the Amazonian rainforest, is deflecting attention from increasing Amazonian deforestation in neighbouring countries such as Bolivia, Peru, Columbia and Venezuela. The main driver is considered to be the commodities boom centred on exports to China and other Asian economies. Conservation International in Bolivia say that government policies and subsidies encourage business development in the Amazon which inevitably leads to deforestation.