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REDD in the news: 12-18 July 2010

Chris Lang — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:26:31 +0000

A round up of the news on REDD from last week, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). I’m currently travelling, hence the delay with this post. REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) will be updated sporadically for the next couple of weeks. Normal service will be [...]

Amazongate: IPCC, climate change denial and science

Chris Lang — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:13:13 +0000

“Amazongate” is an attempt, largely by climate deniers, to prove that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) got it wrong on the impacts of global warming on the Amazon, when it wrote that up to 40% of the Amazon forests could be replaced by savanna ecosystems, with even slight reductions in rainfall. The IPCC’s [...]

Civil Society excluded from Interim REDD+ Partnership meeting in Brasilia

Chris Lang — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:17:10 +0000

On 14-15 July 2010, a meeting of the Interim REDD+ Partnership took place in Brasilia. The co-chairs of the Partnership sent an invitation dated 6 July 2010 (pdf file 48.1 KB) to an apparently randomly selected list of development and environment NGOs, businesses and research organisations. The email stated that there was space in the [...]

REDD in the news: 5-11 July 2010

REDD-Monitor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:07:58 +0000

The emergence of the REDD Hydra: New report by Forest Peoples Programme

Chris Lang — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:50:05 +0000

In Greek mythologoy, the hydra was a serpent with seven heads. When one head was cut off, it grew two more. It was so poisonous that even its breath was deadly. In a recent report for Forest Peoples Programme, Francesco Martone, who has been following the REDD negotiations at the UNFCCC in detail, suggests that [...]

REDD in the news: 28 June – 4 July 2010

REDD-Monitor — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:50:24 +0000

Baka, Bagyeli and Bakola forest people express their concerns about REDD in Cameroon

REDD-Monitor — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:35:07 +0000

On 30 June 2010, a range of civil society organisations and indigenous peoples met in Yaounde to discuss a series of consultations on potential REDD projects that have been taking place in southern Cameroon. A press release from Forest Peoples Programme highlights the key concerns raised by the Baka, Bagyeli and Bakola forest communites. The [...]

Nupan’s forest carbon trading saga continues in Papua New Guinea

Chris Lang — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:52:58 +0000

Two new Project Development Documents have recently been posted on the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) website, relating to REDD-type projects in Papua New Guinea: Kamula Doso Improved Forest Management Carbon Project and April Salumei Sustainable Forest Management Project. Both these projects are controversial and REDD-Monitor has reported on both projects in the past: [...]

What is carbon trading for?

Chris Lang — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:39:37 +0000

Last year, thousands of people protested at the European Climate Exchange in London against carbon trading. The protest was part of the Camp for Climate Action that has also targeted coal mining, coal-fired power plants and the expansion of Heathrow airport. In a statement, Camp for Climate Action explained what they were doing in London: [...]

“We want to change this threat to an opportunity”: Interview with Abdon Nababan and Mina Setra

Chris Lang — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:59:33 +0000

Interview with Abdon Nababan, secretary general of the Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN – The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago), and Mina Setra the head of international policy at AMAN. The interview took place in AMAN’s office in Jakarta on 9 June 2010. REDD-Monitor: Please describe AMAN’s work and explain your position on REDD in [...]