By Chris Lang Nemus sells non-fungible tokens that the company claims to be linked to land in the Amazon rainforest. Nemus claims to have “secured 41,000 hectares of actual at-risk land in the Amazon rainforest”. In January 2022, Nemus announced that a further 6.1 million hectares is “currently under negotiation and soon to be at…
Category: Brazil
How to burn the planet. Shell invests US$38 million in Carbonext, Brazil’s biggest REDD offset firm
Shell has invested US$38 million in Brazil’s largest REDD offsetting company Carbonext.
Global Forestry Investments scam: Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers sentenced to 11 years in prison
Global Forestry Investments scam: Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers have both been sentenced to 11 years in jail.
Open Letter Denouncing Suzano Papel e Celulose’s glyphosate-resistant Genetically Engineered (GE) Eucalyptus
By Chris Lang More than 50 organisations, networks and movements have signed on to an open letter criticising the use of a new genetically engineered eucalyptus tree by the Brazilian company Suzano Papel e Celulose. The GE trees are resistant to the pesticide glyphosate. The letter demands the immediate revocation of the license for the…
Global Forestry Investments: Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers convicted for £37 million scam
Global Forestry Investments: Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers have been convicted at Southwark Crown Court for their teak plantation investment scam.