Norway is by far the biggest donor to REDD initiatives around the world, with two billion dollar deals, one in Brazil and one in Indonesia. But Norway’s Pension Fund invests way more in companies responsible for rainforest destruction.
Tag: Deforestation
Indonesia is “open for big business” and failing to protect its people and forests
“You can find almost everything in Indonesia,” said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the first Indonesia Investment Day in New York last month. “Oil and gas, coal, geothermal energy, tin, copper, nickel, aluminum, bauxite, iron, cacao, coffee. When it comes to oil, we have oil underground, under the sea and even above the ground: palm…
Global Forest Coalition intervention in UN biodiversity meeting: “Forest policy is much more than REDD+”
Simone Lovera of Global Forest Coalition points out that “Forest policy is much more than REDD+”.
Bolivia’s Joint Mitigation and Adaptation Mechanism: An alternative to REDD?
In August 2012, the Bolivian government presented a proposal to the UNFCCC titled “Proposal for the Development of the Joint Mitigation and Adaptation Mechanism for the Integral and Sustainable Management of Forests”.
Oil palm plantations replacing forests in Kalimantan
A paper published this week in Nature Climate Change confirms that the expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has come largely at the expense of the country’s forests. Between 1990 and 2010, 90% of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan were established on forested land (47% intact, 22% logged, 21% agroforests).