A recent article in the Zeit questions the validity of Plant for the Planet’s tree planting operation in Mexico.
Author: Chris Lang
Open letter to the lead authors of ‘Protecting 30% of the Planet for Nature’: “This paper reads to us like a proposal for a new model of colonialism”
An open letter, signed by authors from multiple institutions, highlights the problems with the working paper, “Protecting 30% of the planet for nature”.
Robert Walker predicts Amazon tipping point by 2064
A recent paper in the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development predicts that vast areas of the Amazon could reach a tipping point as soon as 2064.
REDD-Monitor’s top ten posts in 2020
2020 was a strange year. And with that entry to the Basil Fawlty award for stating the bleedin’ obvious, here are REDD-Monitor’s top ten posts in 2020.
Sarah Milne on REDD in Cambodia: “Unchecked government power, the erosion of Indigenous rights, and violence against environmental defenders”
REDD in Cambodia. Three things make Sarah Milne, Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, uncomfortable about REDD credits: Unchecked government power, the erosion of Indigenous rights, and violence against environmental defenders.