The latest issue of the World Rainforest Movement Bulletin includes an article by Ivonne Yánez of Acción Ecológica in Ecuador about REDD and Rights. It’s cross-posted here with permission. You can subscribe to the World Rainforest Movement Bulletin here.
Unanswered questions about WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ten days ago, REDD-Monitor sent some questions to Hicham Daoudi, project manager of WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo. The questions were a follow up to a post on REDD-Monitor that was based on a critical report about the REDD project, written by LICOCO, a Congolese NGO.
Jerry Brown tells indigenous activists at COP23: “Let’s put you in the ground so we can get on with the show here”
California’s governor, Jerry Brown, travelled to Bonn for COP23. On 11 November 2017, he launched “America’s Pledge”, a proposal for states, municipalities and businesses to meet the US commitments under the Paris Agreement. Brown’s presentation was interrupted by climate justice protesters, including indigenous people, chanting “Keep it in the ground”.
Response from Kevin Conrad: “Neither of the individuals you identify were authorized as advisors to the CfRN”
Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about the Democratic Republic of Congo’s delegation to COP23 in Bonn. The questions in the headline pretty much sum up the post: “Why did the Democratic Republic of Congo send 340 delegates to COP23 in Bonn? And who paid?”
Why did the Democratic Republic of Congo send 340 delegates to COP23 in Bonn? And who paid?
According to the UNFCCC’s provisional list of registered parties, just over 19,000 people travelled to Bonn for this year’s climate negotiations, COP23. While that’s a huge number of people, it’s only about half of the number that travelled to Paris for COP21. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, says that 28,800 people took…