In April 2016, indigenous leaders travelled from Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru to Europe, calling for action on human rights violations and land grabbing associated with the expansion of oil palm plantations in their countries.
Author: Chris Lang
Indigenous Peoples’ statement: “To save the forests and stop climate change, save the peoples who protect them”
During the Oslo REDD Exchange earlier this month, four Indigenous Peoples’ organisations put out a statement emphasising the importance of indigenous peoples’ rights in saving forests and stopping climate change.
The World Bank “provisionally” approves the Democratic Republic of Congo’s REDD programme
By Chris Lang Last week saw the 14th meeting of the Carbon Fund, part of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. At the meeting Costa Rica and the Democratic Republic of Congo presented their REDD programme plans. The Carbon Fund approved both country’s REDD plans (called Emissions Reduction Program Documents in the World Bank’s…
What does Brexit mean for climate change?
Brexit: The European Union is bad enough. But leaving it is even worse.
Some questions for WWF about its partnership with logging company Rougier in Cameroon
Two weeks ago, REDD-Monitor wrote a post about a partnership between WWF and Rougier, a French logging company, in Cameroon. The partnership is part of WWF’s controversial Global Forest and Trade Network.