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.
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“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.
Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia: “No one seems to be learning any lessons”
For the past three years, Timothy Frewer of the University of Sydney has been carrying out his PhD research in Cambodia, looking at the Oddar Meanchey REDD project. REDD-Monitor has written a series of posts about Oddar Meanchey, questioning how the project can sell carbon credits while deforestation continues.
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.”
REDD in Cambodia: “The house is burning but they are discussing the colour of the curtains”
“The Forestry Administration has warned that the government will not meet its goal of achieving 60 percent forest cover nationwide if it continues parcelling out the Kingdom’s territory in economic land concessions.”