In November 2012, Chu Wenze, the chairman of Chinese logging company Bai Shan Lin, gave a presentation outlining his company’s plans for Guyana at the 2nd World Congress on Timber & Wood Products Trade in Taicang, China. The company’s plans expose Guyana’s proposals to reduce deforestation and forest degradation as a bunch of lies.
Canadian mining company East Asia Minerals is “working closely” with Indonesian government officials to destroy Aceh’s forests
The province of Aceh in Sumatra is currently drawing up its spatial plan. In the current version, an area of 1.2 million hectares of forest would be converted to mining, logging and oil palm plantations. One of the driving forces behind this proposal appears to be a Canadian mining company, East Asia Minerals.
Now available in Bahasa Indonesia: Ten interviews with REDD actors in Indonesia
Down to Earth has translated ten of REDD-Monitor’s interviews into bahasa Indonesia. The interviews were carried out last year with REDD actors in Indonesia. Below is the translated overview page with links to the interviews in bahasa on Down to Earth’s website.
Need a carbon exit strategy? Can you trust World Carbon Marketplace?
Last week, a commentator on REDD-Monitor asked about a company called World Carbon Marketplace. The commenter pointed out that on the company’s website, 28 people were advertising carbon credits from 58 projects supposedly worth a total of just over £2 million.
Harapan Rainforest Project: A letter from members of the Batin Sembilan to KfW and Germany’s International Climate Initiative
Members of the Batin Sembilan people living in the Harapan Rainforest Project in Sumatra recently sent a letter to KfW and Germany’s International Climate Initiative, requesting that they ask PT REKI, the company running Harapan, “to prioritize conflict resolution efforts” and to avoid “intimidating and insulting language and communication”.