Green Resources: Investigative reports by the Oakland Institute and Swedish TV led to the Swedish Energy Agency freezing carbon credit purchases until Green Resources meets a series of demands.
Tag: Plantations
Dennis Melka: Exporting deforestation from Sarawak to Peru
Dennis Melka’s company United Cacao Limited is responsible for “illegally clearing swathes of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon”, the Guardian reports.
India plans to hand over “degraded” forests to plantation companies
The Government of India is proposing to lease 40% of the country’s forests, classified as “degraded”, to private companies to improve and restore forest landscapes. Earlier this week, the All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) put out a statement opposing this proposed privatisation of India’s forests.
International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures: “Plantations are not Forests”
Yesterday was the tenth International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures. The Day aims to focus attention on the impacts of industrial tree plantations on communities. This year the focus is on the impacts of oil palm plantations.
Deforestation denial: FAO claims that forest loss has halved, while Global Forest Watch raises the alarm about “dramatic forest loss”
This week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation released its Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 at the World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa. The good news, at least according to FAO, is that deforestation is slowing down.