Kichwa Indigenous People are opposed exclusionary conservation at the Cordillera Azul National Park – which is also a REDD project.
“REDD hasn’t contributed to the structural reforms that would improve the recognition and protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights”: Interview with Tom Younger, Forest Peoples Programme (part 4)
By Chris Lang Interview with Tom Younger, Peru Programme Coordinator and Policy Advisor at Forest Peoples Programme. The interview was conducted online in May 2021. It’s a long interview, divided into four sections – here are the three previous parts:
Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lift logging moratorium
By Chris Lang Last week, Eve Bazaïba, the vice prime minister and environment minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced plans to lift a ban on new industrial logging concessions that has been in place since 2002.
Fortress conservation in Wildlife Alliance’s Southern Cardamon REDD+ Project: evictions, violence, and burning people’s homes. “We’re proud of our work. The forest, the wildlife, you come to feel they’re yours.”
Wildlife Alliance targets villagers, but works with the direct cause of deforestation in Cambodia: the corrupt Hun Sen government.
AIDESEP warns of “carbon pirates” in Peru
In a letter to the Ministry of Environment, AIDESEP warns of “carbon pirates” in Peru.