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Can REDD save the forests of Sarawak?

Chris Lang — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:34:48 +0000

One year ago, Wetlands International released a report that revealed that the rate of deforestation in Malaysia's province of Sarawak is about 2% a year. Most is being converted to oil palm plantations. "Total deforestation in Sarawak is 3.5 times as much as that for entire Asia, while deforestation of peat swamp forest is ... [...]

REDD in the news: 30 January – 5 February 2012

REDD-Monitor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:45:20 +0000

A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) is updated regularly. American Carbon Registry Nested REDD+ Requirements American Carbon Registry, February 2012 | Winrock International’s American Carbon Registry (ACR) is developing technical guidance for ... [...]

Turning Point: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order?

Chris Lang — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:39:20 +0000

Reports about REDD tend to focus on the forests. It's unusual for a report about REDD to start with an analysis of the economic crisis in Europe and the way in which the world is changing. Yesterday, the Rights and Resources Initiative released a new report that does precisely that. The report is titled, "Turning ... [...]

Understanding Community Based-REDD+: A Manual for Indigenous Communities

REDD-Monitor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:14:37 +0000

The Asia Indigenous Peoples' Pact and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs recently produced a manual for indigenous communities about REDD. The 214-page manual, titled "Understanding Community Based-REDD+: A Manual for Indigenous Communities”, can be downloaded here (pdf file, 25.9 MB). The manual is the second in a series of four reports. The first ... [...]

Indigenous communities in Peru condemn the further adventures of an Australian carbon cowboy

Chris Lang — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:32:19 +0000

In April 2011, the Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP) published the Declaration of Iquitos which opposed the proposed forest carbon trading activities of a Hong Kong registered company called Sustainable Carbon Resources Limited. In November 2011, reports came out of Peru that a company called CISSA (Conservación e Inclusion ... [...]

REDD in the news: 23-29 January 2012

REDD-Monitor — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:13:40 +0000

A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) is updated regularly. Conserve or convert? Pan-tropical modeling of REDD–bioenergy competition Focali, no date | Martin Persson has written an article about the competition for land ... [...]

Finance for biodiversity is a “new face for capitalism”: Sign on letter to CBD from Acción Ecológica

Chris Lang — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:18:50 +0000

"Conserving the planet's species and habitats is central to sustainable developmentyet the global decline in biodiversity is accelerating," says UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon. "The United Nations decade on biodiversity is an opportunity to reverse this trend, under the theme living in harmony with nature." From 6-9 March 2012, the Convention on Biological Diversity and ... [...]

Can REDD save the forests of Muara Tae in East Kalimantan, Indonesia?

Chris Lang — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:11:34 +0000

The Dayak Benuaq Indigenous People of Muara Tae in East Kalimantan are defending their last remaining area of forest against two palm oil companies. “This is the last remaining forests that we have and the only land we have to survive. If my forests are gone, our lives will end,” says Pak Singko, a ... [...]

New video: “A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests”

Chris Lang — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:27:14 +0000

A new video by the Global Forest Coalition and the Global Justice Ecology Project is deeply critical of REDD. Much of the criticism focusses on carbon trading, but through interviews with communities in Chiapas, Mexico, the video illustrates the perverse impacts that REDD can have on the ground. The video starts with a description of ... [...]

Durban feedback #1: Saving the market, not the climate

Chris Lang — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:37:55 +0000

Over the next few weeks, REDD-Monitor will post a series of reports from participants at the UN climate meeting in Durban (COP17). The first comes from Kate Dooley of FERN and Kate Horner of Friends of the Earth US. Their report is extremely critical of what came out of Durban on REDD and in ... [...]