A new briefing note from Forest Peoples Programme and Yayasan Pusaka documents how the Kalimantan Forest Carbon Partnership project has failed to implement the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for local communities.
Tag: REDD and rights
Greenpeace criticises the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force for its “fixation with creating a new set of offsets for California’s industrial polluters”
A new report by Greenpeace critiques the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force for its promotion of REDD as a sub-national offset mechanism, that will allow pollution in California to continue.
Vía Campesina declares its opposition to REDD in the Lacandón jungle
Next week, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force will meet in Chiapas, Mexico. Ahead of the meeting, Vía Campesina has written a piece declaring its opposition to REDD in the Lacandón jungle in Chiapas.
Judge in Peru issues warrant for carbon cowboy David Nilsson’s arrest
AIDESEP announces that a warrant is out for the arrest of David Nilsson. Meanwhile a website is set up to attack Dan Pantone, a US scientist working in Peru.
Controversy surrounding Australia’s Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership REDD project deepens
Recently an Evaluation Team spent two days looking at Australia’s Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership project. Local communities from the project area and Indonesian NGOs wrote to the Governor of Central Kalimantan Teras Narang pointing out the inadequacies of the Evaluation and the ongoing problems with the project.