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
NO to nature-based dispossessions! Sign on to the statement opposing nature-based solutions
NO to nature-based dispossessions! Nature-based solutions exist to allow business as usual to continue for as long as possible.
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.
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.
How the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative is promoting the expansion of industrial tree plantations
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative could result in a massive expansion of industrial tree plantations in Africa.