The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed international trade agreement, involving 12 countries and covering a range of topics including intellectual property, the environment and workers’ rights. The TPP has been negotiated in secret for almost four years.
Author: Chris Lang
Avoided deforestation or avoiding the issue? USAID’s forest carbon project in West Bali National Park in Indonesia
Last week, a small announcement appeared on the website of the US Embassy in Jakarta: “The United States government and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry today launched a new rainforest standard for carbon credits in West Bali National Park.”
A new look for REDD-Monitor
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a new website layout. It’s going live today. It’ll probably take a while to iron out the wrinkles, so please be patient. If you have any comments, suggestions or advice, let me know via the comments on this post.
The scumbag correspondence from Enviro Associates just keeps on coming
Enviro Associates continues to contact people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits. In its latest email, it doesn’t say that it can sell the carbon credits, instead offering “the latest information regarding the market”.
Stop the illegal evictions from the Embobut Forest in Kenya
Evictions have started of Sengwer indigenous people and other communities from the Embobut Forest in Western Kenya. Armed guards from the Kenya Forest Service have moved into the area to evict people, despite an injunction preventing evictions from the forest.