For the past two-and-a-half years I’ve been running a website called Conservation-Watch. I recently did an interview with the Big Green Politics Podcast, about the impact of conservation on indigenous peoples – the podcast went live yesterday.
Nepal
There are 7 posts filed in Nepal (this is page 1 of 1).
WWF scandal (part 10): BuzzFeed News investigation reveals WWF’s secret war
A year long investigation in six countries by BuzzFeed News finds that the World Wide Fund for Nature funds eco-guards who have tortured and killed people. Buzzfeed News’ report, written by Tom Warren and Katie J.M. Baker, is available here.
Power, consultation and REDD in Nepal
Rishi Bastakoti is a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Calgary in Canada. He has worked as a policy practitioner in Nepal’s community forestry network for more then 10 years. From December 2013 to September 2014, Bastakoti was in Nepal, observing the REDD readiness process.
Putting a price on forest carbon: How much will the World Bank’s Carbon Fund pay for REDD carbon credits?
There’s an interesting discussion taking place in the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility about the price of carbon: How much will the Carbon Fund pay for REDD carbon credits?
REDD+ safeguards: more than good intentions? Case studies from the Accra Caucus
The Accra Caucus recently release a report that looks at the development of safeguards in Guyana, Indonesia, Nepal, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report finds that “there are continuing concerns about the current direction of REDD+, especially in some countries”.
Asia Pacific indigenous activists say “No to REDD”
In this short video, “Lives of the Forest,” indigenous activists from the Asia Pacific region speak out against REDD. “We find that the way [the international community] took decisions for passing through this REDD mechanism is in complete exclusion of the indigenous peoples,” says Jiten Yumnam of the Meitei people in Manipur, India.
Smoke and Mirrors: A critical assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
A new report from FERN and the Forest Peoples Programme concludes that the safeguards put in place by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership (FCPF) are inadequate.