By Chris Lang Papua New Guinea’s National Forest Authority has cancelled Mayur Resources’ proposed REDD project in Western Province. The proposed project was a revival of the failed Kamula Doso Improved Forest Management Carbon Project, started in 2009. Mayur Renewables, a subsidiary of Mayur Resources, was the Project Developer of the REDD project.
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Illegal gold mining inside the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru
After a clamp down on illegal mining in February 2019, illegal miners are moving into new areas in Madre de Dios – including inside the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios.
How REDD greenwashes Glencore’s coal mining operations in Colombia
REDD carbon credits greenwash Glencore’s coal mining in Colombia and allow extractivism to continue.
Opening up 4.6 million hectares to mining in Brazil is the “biggest attack on the Amazon of the last 50 years”. So why do Norway and Germany still describe REDD in Brazil as a “success”?
“Norway remains a proud partner to Brazil on reducing deforestation, and considers this partnership a great success.” “Around half of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions are caused by changes in land use and deforestation. In order to reduce global emissions, the UN climate finance model REDD+ was developed. The Brazilian Amazon Fund is considered a successful…
Madagascar: What happens to REDD when there’s a sapphire rush?
The Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor “has long been regarded as one of Madagascar’s top conservation priorities,” Conservation International tells us on its website. Conservation International is running a REDD project there covering more than 371,000 hectares.