On 19 April 2013, the Federation of small farmers of Madre de Dios in Peru (Federación Agraria Departmental de Madre de Dios – FADEMAD) produced a statement titled “The threats over us continue”. The statement raises serious concerns about REDD and related initiatives that are developing in the region.
Category: Peru
AIDESEP letter to Forest Investment Programme: REDD in Peru “will lead to an increase in emissions from deforestation”
AIDESEP (Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon) has written to the Forest Investment Programme in protest at the way proposals for REDD are marginalising indigenous peoples and promoting a “failed model of large concessions”, promotion of industrial plantations, and increasing “desk based or paper reforms”.
Gas extraction and REDD in Peru: You can’t have your cake and eat it
Peru’s Vice Ministry of Interculturalism is currently carrying out a project to protect Territorial Reserves for Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation or in initial contact. The US$1 million project is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Al Jazeera reports on “carbon pirate”, David Nilsson, in Peru
Al Jazeera recently picked up the story about David Nilsson’s questionable REDD carbon trading activities in Peru. REDD-Monitor has been following this story since April 2011 when Indigenous organisations AIDESEP and COICA produced a statement condemning Nilsson and demanding that the public prosecutor’s office intervene by expelling Nilsson from Peru.
Judge in Peru issues warrant for carbon cowboy David Nilsson’s arrest
AIDESEP announces that a warrant is out for the arrest of David Nilsson. Meanwhile a website is set up to attack Dan Pantone, a US scientist working in Peru.