The Government of India is proposing to lease 40% of the country’s forests, classified as “degraded”, to private companies to improve and restore forest landscapes. Earlier this week, the All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) put out a statement opposing this proposed privatisation of India’s forests.
Author: Chris Lang
International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures: “Plantations are not Forests”
Yesterday was the tenth International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures. The Day aims to focus attention on the impacts of industrial tree plantations on communities. This year the focus is on the impacts of oil palm plantations.
Goldberg Management: Or how to spot a recovery room scam
A company called Goldberg Management is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits as investments. Goldberg Management claims to be able to sell these worthless carbon credits. The company asks for an advance fee (a “10% Surety Bond”). Needless to say, it’s a transparently obvious scam.
RobertMarc Asante, founder of Magne Sante: “We are not a trivial group of individuals”
On 10 August 2015, “Jeremy Lane” left a comment on REDD-Monitor about a company called Magne Sante. A representative of Magne Sante had cold called him, offering to recover the money he had invested in carbon credits. First though, Jeremy would have to hand over a £10,000 advance payment to Magne Sante.
Is it time to stop arguing about trading forest carbon?
In a recent paper published in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Doug Boucher of the Union of Concerned Scientists puts forward an interesting argument: REDD funding is likely to remain tiny compared to the amount of finance that drives deforestation.