How Conservation International cooked the books for its Alto Mayo REDD project in Peru.
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Environmental activist Chut Wutty shot dead in Cambodia
By Chris Lang Chut Wutty was the director of the Natural Resource Protection Group and one of Cambodia’s leading campaigners against illegal logging and land grabs. He was shot dead by military police on Wednesday.
Conservation International, illegal logging and corruption in the Cardamoms, Cambodia
By Chris Lang The Phnom Penh Post has published another article in its investigation into corruption and illegal logging on a Conservation International project: “Rangers paid by an internationally funded conservation organisation have been directly profiting for years from the very trade they are supposed to be preventing in southwest Cambodia.”
Conservation International turns a blind eye to illegal logging in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
By Chris Lang Last month, the Phnom Penh Post published a shocking article about the illegal logging of rosewood in the Central Cardamom Protected Forest in Cambodia. According to the article, the illegal logging is abetted by military personnel, while Conservation International, which is working with the Cambodian government to manage the protected area, denies…
A very different kind of Walt Disney production: Conservation International’s REDD project in the Democratic Republic of Congo
“We believe that the current situation demonstrates more than ever the need to pursue other paths beyond REDD+.” This is from this month’s issue of the World Rainforest Movement Bulletin, which focusses on REDD. The first article in the Bulletin asks “Can REDD+ be ‘fixed’?”, the answer to which is somewhat given away by the…