By Chris Lang At the end of last week, just before the start of this year’s United Nations climate negotiations (COP20) in Lima, Peru, World Rainforest Movement and other signatories put out a call to action “to reject REDD+ and extractive industries to confront capitalism and defend life and territories”.
Is palm oil a threat to Brazil’s rainforest? No, says Marcello Brito, president of the Brazilian Palm Oil Association
Two weeks ago, REDD-Monitor wrote about a report by Datu Research on the beef industry in the Brazilian Amazon. The report also looked at a potential new threat to Brazil’s forests, the expansion of oil palm plantations.
Conservation International’s star-studded advertising campaign remembers to save the rainforests, but forgets Indigenous Peoples
Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder. These are the big names that Conservation International has recruited for its new advertising campaign.
The dismal failure of the REDD+ Partnership
The November meeting of the REDD+ Partnership in Lima will probably be its last. Despite the fact that the REDD+ Partnership has little to show for four years of meetings, and more than US$6 million spent, a recent assessment report describes it as a “moderate success”.
Money Logging: An investigation into the destruction of Sarawak’s forests
Sarawak is the ground zero of deforestation. More than 95% of Sarawak’s intact forest has gone. In 2010, Sarawak accounted for 25% of tropical log exports, despite the fact that only 0.5% of the world’s tropical forests are in Sarawak.