Civil Society Organisations and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations have written several letters about the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility process in El Salvador. Recently, researchers Yvette Aguilar, Maritza Erazo and Francisco Soto wrote a summary of the issues raised by REDD schemes in El Salvador.
Dams and logging in Sarawak: Can REDD stop the destruction?
In 2011, the 2,400 MW Bakun dam started operations in Sarawak, Malaysia. Transparency International described the US$2.2 billion project as a “monument to corruption”. The reservoir behind the dam flooded 70,000 hectares of forest. About 10,000 Indigenous People were forced into new houses that they had to pay for themselves.
Interview with Scott Poynton, TFT: “We help companies clean up their supply chains – that is the way we need to go to protect the world’s forests”
Interview with Scott Poynton, Executive Director, TFT, Jakarta, June 2012.
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation: “It is naïve and dangerous to think that REDD will be quick or easy”
In 2010, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) released a report titled, “New hope for the forests? REDD, biodiversity and poverty reduction”. Although the report is over a year old, REDD-Monitor only recently read it – others may have missed it too.
Financing REDD: New report from CIRAD recommends “sustained investments”
A recent report by CIRAD (La Recherche Agronomique Pour La Développment) sums up many of the key issues regarding REDD and recommends that instead of performance-based payments for reduced deforestation, sustained investment is needed.