In July 2016, the Walt Disney Company agreed to hand over US$2.6 million for carbon credits from the Seima REDD project in Cambodia. REDD-Monitor wrote about the project in September 2016. The post included some questions for Tom Evans at Wildlife Conservation Society, the organisation running the project together with the Cambodia’s Forestry Administration. You can…
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Response from Tom Evans, Wildlife Conservation Society: REDD has made “Seima a stronger project with a better long-term future”
By Chris Lang Two weeks ago, REDD-Monitor wrote about the Seima REDD project in Cambodia. The post included a series of questions for Tom Evans who leads the REDD+ and Forest Conservation Programme at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Contradictions in Wildlife Conservation Society’s Seima REDD project in Cambodia
By Chris Lang In July 2016, the Walt Disney Company agreed to hand over US$2.6 million for carbon credits from a REDD project in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province.
“I am Chut Wutty”: New film banned in Cambodia
By Chris Lang The Cambodian government has banned the screening of a new film, “I am Chut Wutty”, about a Cambodian environmentalist murdered in April 2012. As a result, the Cambodian version of the film has been watched 12 thousand times on Facebook.
Land Grabbing: “Big, big problem”
“It’s very attractive. The earnings are very high and we’ve got hybrid material now. You harvest in the 24th month, and the repayment period is about seven years at the most… For the next 20 years it’ll be laughing yourself all the way to the bank.”