A couple of weeks ago, REDD-Monitor wrote about about a Greenomics Indonesia report that questioned whether the Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia has the necessary approvals from the government of Indonesia.
Category: Indonesia
What’s the point paying the Indonesian government for REDD when it’s losing billions to corruption in the forest sector?
Between 2007 and 2011, Indonesia lost more than US$7 billion to illegal logging and mismanagement in the forestry sector. That’s the shocking finding of a new report by Human Rights Watch: “The Dark Side of Green Growth: Human Rights Impacts of Weak Governance in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector”.
Rimba Raya REDD project: Response from Greenomics Indonesia to Infinite Earth’s statement
Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about a Greenomics Indonesia report that questioned whether the Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia has the necessary approvals from the government of Indonesia. Infinite Earth, the project developer, responded by refuting the Greenomics Indonesia report.
Rimba Raya REDD project: Response from Infinite Earth to Greenomics Indonesia’s report
Yesterday, REDD-Monitor wrote about the Rimba Raya REDD project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, focussing on a report by Greenomics Indonesia, which stated that only 36,331 hectares of the project area had the necessary Ecosystem Restoration License. Infinite Earth, the project developer, has posted a statement on its website in response to the Greenomics report.
Greenomics Indonesia accuses Rimba Raya REDD project of misleading the public and the carbon market
At the end of May 2013, several articles appeared about the approval of the Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia. “World’s largest REDD project finally approved in Indonesia”, and “Perseverance Pays Off For World’s Largest REDD Project”, were two of the headlines. A few days later, these headlines were edited to reflect the fact that…