Daewoo now farming Madagascar 1.3m hectares!!!!

Jeweledchameleons

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Oh can you say CORRUPTION
This is nothing short of a ecological holocaust given the Korean
perspective on preserving the environment or upon animal issues.
1.3m hectares for industrial farming without a cent going to the people
of Madagascar or for the preservation of the remaining forests!

what will happen is that all the remaining forest will come under the axe
in short order to feed the remaining population.
score one for globalization.

Oh Great...Less Rainforest, More Corn
by Jaymi Heimbuch, Central Coast, California on 11.20.08

Are they going to have to make a Madagascar 3 movie where a lion, zebra, giraffe and hippo work to rescue some crazy lepilemurs (and pygmy tarsiers) not from foosas, but from human destruction?

South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics has signed a 99-year lease entitling them to half of all Madagascar’s arable land. And, they will pay nothing to farm corn and palm oil there.

The goal is to boost Seoul’s food security by planting up 1.3 million hectares of land on an island already needing help with habitat preservation.

“We want to plant corn there to ensure our food security. Food can be a weapon in this world,” said Hong Jong-wan, a manager at Daewoo. “We can either export the harvests to other countries or ship them back to Korea in case of a food crisis.”
Is planting land that should remain highly valuable resource really a great way to do so? The land they’re going to farm has been totally untouched. They say that providing jobs via farming will help out Madagascar, but the frightening thing is how easily they’re able to rip off the place.

Daewoo said it had agreed with Madagascar’s government that it could cultivate 1.3m hectares of farmland for free when it signed a memorandum of understanding in May. When the company signed the contract in July, it agreed to discuss costs with Madagascar. But Daewoo now believes it will have to pay nothing.
Asian nations have increasingly looked to Africa to meet their resource needs in the past five years or so. China has been particularly aggressive in building up stakes in oilfields and mines on the continent, sometimes facing accusations of neo-colonialism.

Again, it’s the raping of Africa. And this is not the only issue Madagascar faces. Other South Korean companies are investing in further destroying the place, putting money in things like nickel mines and power plants.

A better investment would be scientific research of species preservation, eco-webs, biodiversity, biomimicry, reforestation practices, medicinal herbs and plants….you know – things that actually help the planet.

Instead, we’re getting less rainforest, more corn. Just what no one (except the impoverished people of Madagascar who won’t benefit from the harvests) needs.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/less-madagascar-rainforest-is-more-south-korean-corn.php
 
God this is so terrible. It makes me want to cry for so many reasons. :(
I'm speechless....
 
Did someone know where in Madagascar the Corean-Company
whant to plant the shity Oil-Palms?
 
That

I lived in Seoul, South Korea for two years and loved it; however, hacking down a forest that is a couple thousand miles off of their shore is reckless. Koreans can hike there rice planting asses north and "peacefully reunite" with their brethren. Or, bomb the hell-out of the North Koreans and move South Korean's asses in. Then they can plant their grass, rice, kimchee etc...

Globalization is great; however, not this aspect of it.
 
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Yes it's terrible.
I think we'd all be hard pressed to think of a single country's general population that isnt also essentially BAD for the planet. Perhaps some of the bush people who have had little contact with the rest of us (lucky them).

Individually, I like people.
As a group, humans suck.
 
seriously, they should just take over North Korea, everyone would benifit.

The orth has god farmland, but the idiot in charge has them planting ornamental rice, so it looks good. Produces nearly useles quantities of edible rice, though...

Hopefully KimJongIl is not long for this earth, and they'll be able to do it without the massive artillery barrage, US air support, and lots of ensuing death and destruction.
 
Remember, Daewoo builds parts and low end cars for Chevy (The Aveo). Something to keep in mind with your next car purchase.
 
i will be boycotting all of Daewoo's products....

this is so unfortunate...

You never should have bought Daewoo's products to begin with, they're all worthless! Besides Samsung and maybe some LG products, most Korean products are terrible quality. Bullying your way into an economically weak country to destroy a large part of its ecosystem (which is about the best thing Madagascar has going for it) and most likely killing a lot of their culture along the way probably isn't going to improve anybody's opinion of the company or their sub-par products.
 
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