Last month, Ecuador’s government approved permits for oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park. The drilling will be carried out by a subsidiary of the national oil company, Petroamazonas and will start in 2016.
Tag: Indigenous Peoples
Equatorial Palm Oil’s landgrab in Liberia
A British company, Equatorial Palm Oil plc, plans to expand its oil palm plantations on community land in Liberia. The Jogbahn Clan is fighting to keep the company off its land – covering an area of 20,000 hectares.
Norway’s REDD deal has “triggered promising reformation processes” in Indonesia, say Rainforest Foundation Norway and AMAN
Earlier this month, I wrote an article for Development Today, in which I asked whether Norway’s rainforest billions have had any influence on rates of deforestation in either Brazil or Indonesia.
REDD could lead to a “carbon grab” – new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative
The World Bank continues with its push to trade the carbon stored in forests. But new research shows that safeguards and legal protections for indigenous peoples and local communities in these new forest carbon markets are “non-existent”.
No REDD in Africa Network: “Forced Relocation of Sengwer People proves urgency of canceling REDD”
No REDD in Africa Network: Letter to the Kenyan Government and the UN protesting the evictions from the Embobut Forest.