Papua New Guinea: Environmental NGOs write to the PNG government about the proposed REDD+ Safeguards regulation.
Category: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea declares a moratorium on voluntary REDD projects
By Chris Lang On 2 March 2022, Wera Mori, Papua New Guinea’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change issued a “Moratorium on PNG REDD+ Voluntary Carbon Market Projects”. The Moratorium was published by the Post Courier and Melanesian Carbon Watch posted a screenshot on Twitter.

Carbon cowboys and cattle ranches: Kanaka Management Services’ proposed REDD+ Project in Oro Province of Papua New Guinea
Kanaka Management Services is the project developer behind a proposed REDD. The project document posted on Verra’s website is disturbingly poor quality.

NGOs call for Papua New Guinea’s politicians to address illegal logging and deforestation
Papua New Guinea’s politicians hypocritically claim to be saviours of the rainforest, while allowing forest destruction to continue.

“Illegal operations by NIHT Inc”: Kamlapar Incorporated Land Group writes to Papua New Guinea’s Climate Change & Development Authority and Verra
“Illegal operations by NIHT Inc” – A letter from the Kamlapar Incorporated Land Group demands that NIHT Inc’s REDD project be halted on their land.