Interview with Cleber Buzatto, Executive Secretary of CIMI (the Indigenous Missionary Council). The interview was conducted by email in August 2015.
HBS
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Norway pays Brazil US$1 billion. But what for, exactly?
In 2008, Norway agreed to pay US$1 billion to Brazil’s Amazon Fund, if Brazil reduced deforestation in the Amazon. Norway has so far handed over US$900 million and will pay the final US$100 million before the end of this year.
Interview with Michael Schmidlehner, Amazonlink: “REDD aims at shifting the responsibility for the climate crisis from industrialized societies to forest communities”
Interview with Michael Schmidlehner, founder of Amazonlink. The interview was conducted by email in August 2015.
Interview with Winnie Overbeek, World Rainforest Movement: “REDD is not only a false solution to climate change, REDD also represents a severe threat for communities that depend on forests”
Interview with Winnie Overbeek, International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. The interview was conducted by email in August 2015.
The Nature Conservancy in São Félix do Xingu, Brazil: “Increasing social inequity”
São Félix do Xingu is a large municipality in the state of Pará, Brazil. Since 2001, it has had one of the highest rates of deforestation in the Amazon. Covering an area of 8.4 million hectares, with more than two million head of cattle and a little over 106,000 people, it easy to see what the main driver of deforestation is.
CIFOR InfoBrief “REDD+ Governance Landscape in Brazil”: Response from Maria Fernanda Gebara and Leandra Fatorelli
Earlier this week, REDD-Monitor wrote a post about a CIFOR InfoBrief on the “REDD+ Governance Landscape” in Brazil. While the brief is interesting, I was concerned that those critical of, or opposed to REDD were excluded from CIFOR’s study.
The Financiali$ation of Nature
“Financialisation means the increasing role of financial motives, financial markets, financial actors and financial institutions in the operation of the domestic and international economies.”
Is coordination the biggest issue facing REDD in Brazil? It depends who you ask. And what you ask them
“The fundamental question for all REDD+ countries is how to move away from business as usual and ensure sustainability. That is the main challenge.”
The U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change: Unacceptable, unambitious and highly dangerous
At the end of June 2015, President Barack Obama and President Dilma Rousseff put out a “U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement On Climate Change”. It’s good to see that the two Presidents put climate change at the top of their agenda when they met.
Acre, Brazil: A story of deforestation, reduced deforestation, and now REDD
In 2010, the state of Acre in Brazil set up the world’s first jurisdictional REDD programme. Acre’s State System of Incentives for Environmental Services (SISA) was created through State Law 2.308.
Não a PEC 215! Proposed change to Brazil’s constitution would leave indigenous peoples “in the hands of the multinational corporations”
The Brazilian Congress is currently considering a change to its constitution that would be a major blow for the recognition of indigenous rights in the country.
Directors of Tullett Brown, Foxstone Carr, Carvier Limited get 14 year director bans
In June 2012, REDD-Monitor wrote about a company called Carvier Limited. The company was offering 3 million “Sustainability Credit Units” from an area of forest in Brazil. Carvier Limited was a scam.
Sustain:Green’s biodegradable credit card, Nike’s “Air” shoes, and the carbon credits that no one wants to buy
“Credit cards that help the planet.” That’s the sales pitch from a company called Sustain:Green. With the company’s new biodegradable credit card you can “Fight climate change”, “Fund rainforest preservation”, and “Reduce your carbon footprint”.
The Rio de Janeiro Green Exchange (BVRio): Trading away Brazil’s forests
Founded in October 2011, the Rio de Janeiro Green Exchange (Bolsa Verde do Rio de Janeiro, BVRio) is a market for trading “environmental assets”, including carbon credits, forest credits, industrial effluent credits, tire disposal credits, and recycling credits.