“Illegal operations by NIHT Inc” – A letter from the Kamlapar Incorporated Land Group demands that NIHT Inc’s REDD project be halted on their land.
Tag: REDD and rights
How the Green Climate Fund is undermining Nicaraguan Indigenous and Afro-Descendant communities’ struggle for land and Saneamiento
In November 2020, the Green Climate Fund approved a REDD project in Nicaragua that risks conflict, criminalisation and repression of critical voices.
REDD-Minus: New report reveals the reality of REDD in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang A recent report by Action pour la Promotion et Protection des Peoples et Espèces Menacées (APEM) and Rainforest Foundation UK looks at the social impacts of two REDD projects in Mai Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report is based on grassroots research carried out over two years. The…
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.
Carbon colonialism in the Alto Mayo REDD project in Peru. An interview with Lauren Gifford on Earth Watch
The Alto Mayo REDD project in Peru is an example of “carbon colonialism” says Lauren Gifford at the University of Colorado, Boulder.