Indigenous Peoples presented conflicting points out view about REDD during the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, currently taking place in New York.
Tag: REDD and rights
COONAPIP to take out lawsuit to stop REDD in Panama: “REDD cannot continue as it stands”
In February 2013, the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples in Panama, COONAPIP, withdrew from UN-REDD. In a letter to UN-REDD, COONAPIP explained that, UN-REDD “does not currently offer guarantees for respecting indigenous rights [nor for] the full and effective participation of the Indigenous Peoples of Panama”.
NGOs to California’s Governor: “Trading emissions is NOT a solution to climate change”
Here’s another letter to California’s Governor, Jerry Brown, opposing REDD offsets in California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). This one is from 12 environmental and social organisations from Brazil, South Africa, and Europe, and from Friends of the Earth International, the world’s largest grassroots environmental network.
Indigenous Environmental Network opposes REDD offsets in California’s cap-and-trade scheme
Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network has submitted comments to the REDD Offsets Working Group in California, opposing REDD offsets in California’s cap-and-trade scheme (AB 32).
Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean: “Implementing a REDD program as part of AB32 is absolutely the wrong approach”
In April 2013, Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (FoE ATALC) wrote to California’s Governor, Jerry Brown to oppose REDD offsets in California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).