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.
Voting open for UN-REDD civil society observer
The UN-REDD Programme is currently in the process of appointing four observers from Civil Society Organisations to the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board. The CSO representatives will consist of one each from Africa, Asia‐Pacific, Latin America‐Caribbean and North America/Europe.