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Category: Colombia

How Conservation International’s Blue Carbon mangrove project in Colombia helps greenwash Apple’s extractivist operations
Conservation International’s blue carbon project in Colombia is a dangerous distraction from the urgent need to stop extractivism and to leave fossil fuels in the ground.

Tainted Beef: France’s Casino Group linked to deforestation and illegal cattle ranching inside protected areas in Colombia
Tainted Beef, a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, reveals how beef from illegal cattle ranching inside protected areas is sold in Colombia’s supermarkets.

Coronavirus notes #7: How the Colombian government is rolling back social and environment safeguards during the pandemic
By Chris Lang Last week, Forest Peoples Programme put out a series of reports looking at the following question: To what extent have government in the world’s five most forested tropical countries rolled back on social and environmental safeguards and what are the consequences of this for Indigenous Peoples and their territories?

How REDD greenwashes Glencore’s coal mining operations in Colombia
REDD carbon credits greenwash Glencore’s coal mining in Colombia and allow extractivism to continue.