Kichwa Indigenous People are opposed exclusionary conservation at the Cordillera Azul National Park – which is also a REDD project.
“REDD hasn’t contributed to the structural reforms that would improve the recognition and protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights”: Interview with Tom Younger, Forest Peoples Programme (part 4)
By Chris Lang Interview with Tom Younger, Peru Programme Coordinator and Policy Advisor at Forest Peoples Programme. The interview was conducted online in May 2021. It’s a long interview, divided into four sections – here are the previous three parts:
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.
AIDESEP warns of “carbon pirates” in Peru
In a letter to the Ministry of Environment, AIDESEP warns of “carbon pirates” in Peru.
“In the wake of the pandemic the Peruvian Government has been rolling back its social and environmental protections”: Interview with Tom Younger, Forest Peoples Programme (part 3)
“In the wake of the pandemic the Peruvian Government has been really rolling back its social and environmental protections” – part 3 of REDD-Monitor’s interview with Tom Younger of Forest Peoples Programme.