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Category: Republic of Congo

“The REDD+ mechanism will not be enough to curb deforestation in Central Africa”: CIFOR

Posted on 23 April 201523 April 2015

“Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+ mechanism will not be enough to curb deforestation in Central Africa.”

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Some questions for Dorjee Sun about the Ulu Masen REDD project

Posted on 3 February 201428 January 2015

Last year I wrote a series of posts about the Ulu Masen REDD project, based on interviews with NGOs and indigenous leaders in Aceh. Missing from the story is Dorjee Sun’s version of events.

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Alarm bells ringing: Olam International and REDD in the Republic of Congo

Posted on 5 October 20125 October 2012

In May 2012, Olam International announced a REDD project for “sustainable forest management” in the Republic of Congo. The project is a public-private partnership between Olam International’s subsidiary CIB (Congolaise Industrielle des Bois) and the Government of the Republic of Congo.

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Can REDD save the forests of the Republic of Congo?

Posted on 4 October 20116 August 2019

An anonymous article in the September 2011 UN-REDD newsletter paints a rosy picture of REDD-readiness in the Republic of Congo. An anonymous response, sent to REDD-Monitor yesterday, argues that the UN-REDD article ignores the on-going destruction of the Republic of Congo’s forests.

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African Parks Network plans to sell carbon from Odzala-Kokoua National Park in Republic of Congo

Posted on 6 September 201129 November 2017

The Odzala-Kokoua National Park, in the northwest of the Republic of Congo, was declared a National Park in 1935 when the country was a colony of France. In 2001, the part was increased in size to 1,354,600 hectares. It is currently managed by the African Parks Network, which describes itself as, “The business approach to…

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