Cambodia’s forests face huge threats from illegal logging, mining and land concessions for plantation crops for export like rubber and sugar. Oddar Meanchey province in the country’s northwest has the highest rate of deforestation of any province in the country. Which should make Oddar Meanchey the perfect place for a REDD project.
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OPIC political risk insurance for the Oddar Meanchey REDD project in Cambodia: Who benefits?
In November 2011, the US Government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) provided the world’s first political risk insurance policy for a carbon offset project. A recent report by Pacific Environment, FERN and Focus on the Global South questions who stands to benefit from this insurance.
“REDD does nothing to address the crisis of endless economic growth.” Interview with Chris Lang, REDD-Monitor, by Fábio Alkmin, PhD student at the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Interview with Chris Lang: “The reality in far too many cases is that REDD projects are exacerbating existing problems such as fortress conservation.”
REDD and Natural Climate Solutions are a massive distraction from real climate solutions
REDD and Natural Climate Solutions exist for one simple reason: To distract from the urgent need to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
Fortress conservation in Wildlife Alliance’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project: evictions, violence, and burning people’s homes. “We’re proud of our work. The forest, the wildlife, you come to feel they’re yours.”
Wildlife Alliance targets villagers, but works with the direct cause of deforestation in Cambodia: the corrupt Hun Sen government.