The German newspaper taz.de, recently reported on the demise of Australia’s Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership. Journalist Anett Keller visited the KFCP project area in 2011. “This is money thrown out of the window,” a villager told her back then.
Tag: REDD and rights
REDD+ for the poor or the poor for REDD+?
“REDD+ projects can be expected to have poor social and environmental outcomes unless they use substantially different approaches, which build on the capabilities of the wide range of local natural resource managers to undertake efficient resource management and conservation in the Amazon.”
Friends of the Earth calls for an open review of the Kalimantan Forest Carbon Partnership
Friends of the Earth Australia has written to the Australian Government calling for “an open review of its failed experiment in climate aid in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia”. The Australian-funded Kalimantan Forest Carbon Partnership was quietly shelved earlier this year.
What’s the point paying the Indonesian government for REDD when it’s losing billions to corruption in the forest sector?
Between 2007 and 2011, Indonesia lost more than US$7 billion to illegal logging and mismanagement in the forestry sector. That’s the shocking finding of a new report by Human Rights Watch: “The Dark Side of Green Growth: Human Rights Impacts of Weak Governance in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector”.
Missing the Poorest for the Trees?
“In order to be both effective and equitable, REDD+ will require large areas of land with clear tenure arrangements. Yet many developing countries suffer from conflicts over land ownership and continue to exclude local communities from land use decisions. How will REDD+ impact peace and security in these countries?”