In August 2012, the melting of the Arctic sea ice broke the previous record, set in 2007. It did so with three weeks of the melting season still to go. In 2012, the ice is melting at a rate of about 100,000 square kilometres per day. Climate change is accelerating.
Greenomics Indonesia responds to REDD-Monitor interview with Scott Poynton, TFT
On 23 August 2012, REDD-Monitor posted an interview with Scott Poynton, the Executive Director of TFT. It is the longest interview on REDD-Monitor (so far) and covers several controversial issues. After a week it hadn’t generated any comments. I’m delighted to say that that has now changed.
COONAPIP, Panama’s Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Body, denounces UN-REDD
COONAPIP, the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples in Panama, has written a series of extremely critical letters about the UN-REDD process in Panama. The process “has been riddled with incongruences and inconsistencies”, COONAPIP wrote in a letter dated 20 June 2012, adding, “We feel used in this process.”
Rainforest Roulette? – new briefing on REDD and markets from Rainforest Foundation UK
A new briefing by the Rainforest Foundation UK argues against creating an international carbon market to finance REDD. The briefing is released just before a UN meeting in Bangkok, that will discuss potential options for financing REDD.
New report on REDD-plus schemes in El Salvador
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.