Climate neutral: Astrid Geisler and Hannah Knuth, journalists with the Zeit set up a fake flower company and make it “climate neutral” with the help of myclimate and ClimatePartner.
Category: Germany

German supermarket Aldi buys carbon offsets from monoculture eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay in order to claim that its milk is “carbon neutral”
Aldi buys carbon offsets from industrial tree plantations in Uruguay to claim that its milk is “carbon neutral”.

Business as usual at WWF Germany: Conflict of interest allegations; Executive Director resigns; Whistleblower threatened with dismissal; WWF Germany covers up
WWF Germany is faced with a management crisis. As usual, when faced with a crisis, WWF reacts by pretending nothing is going on.

Gang rape, torture, and murder by park guards and soldiers at Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kahuzi-Biega National Park: A new report by Minority Rights Group documents a campaign of appalling violence against Batwa Indigenous People.

Urgent call for international support to stop the Tanzanian government’s human rights violations against the Maasai: “You can either be silent and complicit, or take a stand for justice, dignity and human rights”
Human rights violations against the Maasai: Maasai Indigenous People have written to Tanzania’s donors to stop the plans for evictions and the human rights abuses in Ngorongoro and Loliondo in Tanzania.