The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) divested from 23 palm oil companies in 2012. “Several palm oil producers were excluded from the portfolio because their long-term business model was deemed unsustainable,” GPFG writes in its 2012 annual report.
Category: Norway
Response from Lars Ekman on Norway, REDD and corruption in DR Congo
On 23 January 2013, REDD-Monitor wrote about the dangers of corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Part of the post was about a presentation that Lars Ekman, a senior advisor at Norad, gave on REDD and the risks of corruption.
More corruption involving Norwegian REDD funding in Tanzania?
In 2006, an evaluation of Norwegian aid to Tanzania revealed that about US$30 million had been lost to corruption and mismanagement in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. The money was about half of the total that Norway spent on a Management of Natural Resources Programme. This week, Norwegian aid is in the headlines…
How long will Norway continue to ignore violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Guyana?
Two weeks ago a High Court in Guyana ruled that miners are not bound by the country’s 2006 Amerindian Act if they obtained mining permits before the Act was passed. The court case was brought by a miner, against the village of Isseneru.
Indonesian NGOs demand action: “Saving Indonesia’s Remaining Forests Can No Longer be Delayed”
Yesterday in Jakarta, a coalition of NGOs held a press conference to demand that the Indonesian government takes meaningful action to protect Indonesia’s remaining forests. Among their demands is that the two-year moratorium on new forest concessions should be extended beyond May 2013.