Plantations are not forests! WRM’s statement to mark the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations.
Author: Chris Lang
Dutch Advertising Watchdog rules Shell’s “CO2 Neutral” campaign is greenwash
The Dutch Advertising Code Commission has ruled that Shell’s CO2 neutral adverts are misleading.
Citadel/Highpoint Trustees under investigation by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Citadel/Highpoint Trustees was involved in several very dubious investment schemes. Why didn’t the Financial Conduct Authority act?
Indonesia scraps US$1 billion REDD deal with Norway
By Chris Lang Indonesia has scrapped the US$1 billion REDD agreement with Norway. In a May 2010 Letter of Intent, Norway had agreed to pay Indonesia up to US$1 billion for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Eleven years later, Norway has not transferred any “results-based” payments to Indonesia.
Financialisation of nature: A “neoliberal and doomed approach to conservation”
Frédéric Hache of the Green Finance Observatory gave an excellent presentation at the Our Land Our Nature Congress on the Financialisation of Nature.