By Chris Lang A US-based company called NIHT Inc has big REDD plans for the provinces of New Ireland and East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. So far, the NIHT Topaiyo REDD+ Project covering an area of 10,443 hectares of forest, has been registered by Verra. The project is in the south of the…
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World Rainforest Movement: “Say NO to Green Climate Fund money for REDD in Nicaragua!”
By Chris Lang World Rainforest Movement has written an Open Letter calling on Board members of the Green Climate Fund to reject the US$60 million funding request submitted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration on behalf of the Nicaraguan government. Organisations can sign the Open Letter before Friday, 6 November 2020.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Kahuzi-Biéga National Park management’s false accusations against Batwa chief are “incredibly dangerous”
By Chris Lang One night in late January 2020, dozens of soldiers and eco-guards stormed into Jean-Marie Kasula’s hut and dragged him and his wife away at gun point. Four other people from the same village were taken away barefoot.
The Green Climate Fund may consider Nicaragua’s Bio-CLIMA REDD project at its next board meeting. “This project is not intended to stop deforestation, protect the climate, or strengthen the indigenous population,” Pro REGENWALD writes
By Chris Lang The Nicaraguan government is in the process of applying for REDD funding from the Green Climate Fund. The project is titled, “Bio-CLIMA Nicaragua: Integrated climate action for reduced deforestation and strengthened resilience in the BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biosphere Reserves.” The proposal could be presented to the Green Climate Fund board…
EU scraps US$35 million conservation and climate change programme in Kenya over forced evictions
By Chris Lang The European Union has scrapped its US$35 million Water Towers Protection and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Programme in Kenya. The project had been suspended since January 2018, after a Kenya Forest Service guard shot and killed Robert Kirotich, an Indigenous Sengwer man. The shooting took place during a raid in Embobut…