A great docummentary on REDD by Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project.
Archive for the ‘REDD’ Category
A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Posted in REDD on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Crime in the forest carbon market
Posted in REDD on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Meet the forest guard in Cameroon. That’s right, not a forest guard but the forest guard. This guy is responsible for policing hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and several well-financed European logging companies, yet he has no vehicle, no radio, and his shoes are several sizes too small. This is one of the [...]
REDD could do more harm than good
Posted in REDD on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Unless power over REDD projects is in the hands of local people, these projects to reward forest conservation with carbon credits will fail to deliver benefits to them, a new report by the International Institute for the Environment and Development warns (link). The report was based on the work from the Forest Governance Learning Group [...]
Chiapas’ villagers refuse REDD+
Posted in REDD on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We are and have always been poor indigenous people and yet we do not need the money from any government or company to preserve the environment because we understand that it is the responsibility of all who live on this planet to care for it and protect it. Despite the promises of easy money, this [...]
Guyana-Norway agreement on deforestation is failing
Posted in REDD on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 2009, an agreement between Norway and Guyana was presented as a blueprint for forest preservation. Norway compromised to give US$ 250 million in four years to Guyana, which is directed to limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the latter. The agreement supposedly shows how REDD can work, legitimizing the sale [...]
UN supporting blood palm oil
Posted in REDD on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The media already forgot about Honduras but we shouldn’t forget the 2009 coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Manuel Zelaya. Since the coup, there has been massive pillage and plunder, supported by the dictatorship in power. In the lower Aguan Valley, where one can find the richest agricultural lands in Central America, armed [...]
In the international year of forests, environmental groups demand that the causes of deforestation are tackled
Posted in REDD on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This year was declared the “International Year of Forests” by the UN and again promises to protect the world forests are expected to succeed. But a group of forest protection, indigenous rights and climate justice movements are arguing that ending deforestation implies addressing its root causes, not making up new markets oriented towards profit-making. The [...]
New report blasts REDD
Posted in REDD on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A report by Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Justice Ecology Project, World Rainforest Movement, ETC Group and Carbon Trade Watch exposes how REDD does nothing to solve the climate crisis and can severely aggravate social and environmental problems (link). The publication contains several case-studies showing the reality of REDD pilot programs and how it significantly departs from the rosy [...]
FoE and Greenpeace slam REDD
Posted in REDD on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of the Earth (FoE) has just issued a report (PDF) showing case studies that show how REDD schemes, generating carbon credits from forest preservation, is merely a way for big polluters to evade their emissions reductions obligations, while profiteering from carbon trading. The report states that Although REDD may benefit some communities and biodiversity [...]
REDD fueling corruption
Posted in REDD on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Those who follow the news around REDD projects will notice how the money flows to corrupt authorities. Evidence from several pilot programs in Papua New Guinea and in Indonesia, for instance, shows how payments for carbon credits generated from forest conservation fuel corruption and aggravate social problems. For a good description of what is going [...]
