Last week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced the appointment of former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, as IUCN High Level Envoy for Sustainable Development in Forest Countries and Patron of Nature.
For sale: 1.5 million “heavily discounted” vintage REDD credits from Mato Grosso, Brazil
On 19 January 2012, Charles Mauro posted the following message in a LinkedIn discussion group: “I have 1.5m + vintage REDD credits from Mato Grosso Brazil for sale and heavily discounted.”
Why Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry is reluctant to investigate APP’s illegal logging of ramin trees
When Greenpeace told the Ministry of Forestry that it had found evidence that Asia Pulp and Paper was illegally logging ramin trees, the Ministry’s response less than enthusiastic. More than two weeks later, the Ministry told Greenpeace that it “intends” to visit APP’s pulp mill. Meanwhile APP has been busy removing the evidence from its…
Honduras: World Bank, REDD and the right to consultation of indigenous peoples – a response from OFRANEH
On 29 February 2012, REDD-Monitor posted a letter from Indigenous Peoples Confederation of Honduras (CONPAH) about the lack of consultation relating to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) in Honduras.
Interview with Chip Fay and Steve Rhee, Climate Land Use Alliance: “It’s about land use rationalisation based on the recognition of rights of local communities”
Interview with Chip Fay and Steve Rhee, Climate Land Use Alliance, in Jakarta, December 2011.