A trillion trees: an idea dreamed up by a 13-year-old and his father in an aeroplane on the way to a UN meeting in New York.
Author: Chris Lang
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Australia’s avoided deforestation carbon credits are “hot air”
By Chris Lang A recent report by the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Australia Institute found that “avoided deforestation” projects do not represent genuine emissions reductions. In most cases the areas were not under any threat of being cleared. Avoided deforestation projects generate about 20% of the Australian government’s main climate change policy.
More than 40 NGOs join call to stop the lifting of the logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to lift its logging moratorium. More than 40 human rights and environmental NGOs have written to donor governments asking them to intervene.
The new ‘con’ in conservation: Why the proposed voluntary, Paris Agreement-style, ‘30×30’ target for protected areas won’t save the world’s biodiversity
The 30×30 target for protected areas will not protect biodiversity but could result in serious impacts for Indigenous Peoples.