The November meeting of the REDD+ Partnership in Lima will probably be its last. Despite the fact that the REDD+ Partnership has little to show for four years of meetings, and more than US$6 million spent, a recent assessment report describes it as a “moderate success”.
Author: Chris Lang
Money Logging: An investigation into the destruction of Sarawak’s forests
Sarawak is the ground zero of deforestation. More than 95% of Sarawak’s intact forest has gone. In 2010, Sarawak accounted for 25% of tropical log exports, despite the fact that only 0.5% of the world’s tropical forests are in Sarawak.
More on Green Resources’ plantations in Uganda: Response from Oakland Institute to Mads Asprem
Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about a Norwegian company called Green Resources and the company’s carbon plantations in Uganda. A report published by the Oakland Institute coined the term “carbon violence” to describe the impact of the plantations on local people.
Response from Andrew Nash, managing director of Sterling and Bond: “Your article is based on malice and misinformation”
Andrew Nash of Sterling and Bond has responded to REDD-Monitor’s post about his company. I described it as a “ridiculously obvious scam”.
Oil palm set to take over from cattle ranching as the biggest threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest?
Despite the reduction in deforestation in Brazil over the past decade, “the deforestation problem is far from solved”, notes Datu Research in a recent report about the beef industry and deforestation in Brazil.