Uganda’s terrible record of forced evictions in the name of conservation and climate should ring alarm bells about proposals to protect 30% of the earth by 2030.
Category: Uganda
The Swedish Energy Agency has stopped buying carbon credits from Green Resources’ destructive plantations in Uganda
By Chris Lang The Swedish Energy Agency has cancelled its contract to buy carbon credits from Green Resources. The Swedish Energy Agency has finally recognised the impacts that Green Resources’ industrial tree plantations have on local communities in Kachung in Uganda.
The Green Climate Fund must reject Arbaro’s industrial tree plantations
By Chris Lang At its 25th board meeting from 10-12 March 2020, the Green Climate Fund is due to decide whether to provide US$25 million to the Arbaro Fund. The money, together with a further US$175 million co-financing largely from other public sources, would be used to establish 75,000 hectares of commercial tree plantations in…
Natural Climate Questions: Can trees planted in Uganda really offset greenhouse gas emissions from Max Burgers’ fast food chain in Sweden?
By Chris Lang Trees suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. They are the most effective means we have of reducing the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. But again and again, tree planting projects have created problems for local communities.
Swedish Energy Agency delays US$1 million carbon credit payment to Green Resources
The Swedish Energy Agency has postponed a SEK 10 million payment for carbon credits from Green Resources’ plantations in Uganda, because of on-going concerns.