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Plant for the Planet: Felix Finkbeiner

Plant for the Planet: Felix Finkbeiner’s fake forests

Posted on 11 January 202112 January 2021

A recent article in the Zeit questions the validity of Plant for the Planet’s tree planting operation in Mexico.

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New Greenpeace report exposes VW’s REDD carbon offset sham. The Katingan REDD project faces problems of additionality, permanence, leakage, land conflicts, and (of course) an unverifiable, counterfactual baseline

Posted on 8 November 20208 November 2020

By Chris Lang A new report by Greenpeace investigates VW’s “climate neutral” production claims for its new ID series of electric cars. Greenpeace concludes that VW has done too little to reduce its CO2 emissions, and that the carbon credits bought from the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia are neither additional nor permanent. VW’s claims…

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Kahuzi-Biéga National Park management’s false accusations against Batwa chief are “incredibly dangerous”

Posted on 21 October 202021 October 2020

By Chris Lang One night in late January 2020, dozens of soldiers and eco-guards stormed into Jean-Marie Kasula’s hut and dragged him and his wife away at gun point. Four other people from the same village were taken away barefoot.

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The Green Climate Fund may consider Nicaragua’s Bio-CLIMA REDD project at its next board meeting. “This project is not intended to stop deforestation, protect the climate, or strengthen the indigenous population,” Pro REGENWALD writes

Posted on 18 October 202018 October 2020

By Chris Lang The Nicaraguan government is in the process of applying for REDD funding from the Green Climate Fund. The project is titled, “Bio-CLIMA Nicaragua: Integrated climate action for reduced deforestation and strengthened resilience in the BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biosphere Reserves.” The proposal could be presented to the Green Climate Fund board…

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Oil, corruption and lies in the Republic of Congo

Posted on 8 April 202017 April 2020

By Chris Lang In September 2019, the President of the Republic of Congo, Dénis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron, France’s President. Macron signed a letter of intent committing US$65 million to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) to protect the Republic of Congo’s forests.

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