Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about a Norwegian company called Green Resources and the company’s carbon plantations in Uganda. A report published by the Oakland Institute coined the term “carbon violence” to describe the impact of the plantations on local people.
Response from Andrew Nash, managing director of Sterling and Bond: “Your article is based on malice and misinformation”
Andrew Nash of Sterling and Bond has responded to REDD-Monitor’s post about his company. I described it as a “ridiculously obvious scam”.
Oil palm set to take over from cattle ranching as the biggest threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest?
Despite the reduction in deforestation in Brazil over the past decade, “the deforestation problem is far from solved”, notes Datu Research in a recent report about the beef industry and deforestation in Brazil.
Claremont Partnerships is running a recovery room scam
A company called Claremont Partnerships is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits as an investment. The company claims it can sell their carbon credits, provided an upfront fee is paid. It’s a scam, of course.
Dark Green? Response from Mads Asprem, CEO of Green Resources, to the Oakland Institute
Yesterday, REDD-Monitor wrote about the impact of Green Resources’ plantations on local communities in Uganda. The post was based on a new report by the Oakland Institute, “The Darker Side of Green: Plantation Forestry and Carbon Violence in Uganda”.