In a letter to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, the Thai Climate Justice Working Group rejects the latest draft of Thailand’s Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP).
Some questions for Dorjee Sun about the Ulu Masen REDD project
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.
“Carbon released from fossil fuels is not equivalent to the carbon stored in trees.” New report from FERN
“It is a mistake to think that emissions from fossil fuels can be negated by increasing or protecting the storage potential of forests and other land based carbon.”
Peru approves the expansion of the Camisea gas project into indigenous peoples’ reserve
Peru has given the go-ahead to the expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation. The impacts on the people and their forest will be devastating.
Carbon Offset Consultants is running a carbon credit recovery room scam
Carbon Offset Consultants cold calls people and offers them an exit strategy for the carbon credits that they were scammed into buying. Of course, there’s an advance fee to be paid.