EasyJet is buying carbon credits from the Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project in Peru. The REDD project is run by two logging companies.
Tag: Indigenous Peoples
How the Green Climate Fund is undermining Nicaraguan Indigenous and Afro-Descendant communities’ struggle for land and Saneamiento
In November 2020, the Green Climate Fund approved a REDD project in Nicaragua that risks conflict, criminalisation and repression of critical voices.
REDD-Minus: New report reveals the reality of REDD in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang A recent report by Action pour la Promotion et Protection des Peoples et Espèces Menacées (APEM) and Rainforest Foundation UK looks at the social impacts of two REDD projects in Mai Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report is based on grassroots research carried out over two years. The…
Coronavirus notes #7: How the Colombian government is rolling back social and environment safeguards during the pandemic
By Chris Lang Last week, Forest Peoples Programme put out a series of reports looking at the following question: To what extent have government in the world’s five most forested tropical countries rolled back on social and environmental safeguards and what are the consequences of this for Indigenous Peoples and their territories?
Sarah Milne on REDD in Cambodia: “Unchecked government power, the erosion of Indigenous rights, and violence against environmental defenders”
REDD in Cambodia. Three things make Sarah Milne, Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, uncomfortable about REDD credits: Unchecked government power, the erosion of Indigenous rights, and violence against environmental defenders.