Sitemap - 2011 - REDD-Monitor
Implement safeguards on REDD Plus, indigenous caucus demands
Alternatives to carbon markets to finance REDD
Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco and Demand Moratoria on REDD+
The Endless Algebra of Climate Markets
The Munden Project: “Investing in communities is the most effective way of reducing deforestation”
A question for African Wildlife Foundation: “Is this what conservation is really about?”
Durban feedback: Is the carbon market “still on life support” or did it get a “Viagra shot”?
REDD texts from the Conference of Polluters (Durban COP-17): 11 December 2011
Another reason why a REDD carbon trading mechanism does not add up
REDD news from the Conference of Polluters (Durban COP-17): 8 December 2011
What’s wrong with forest carbon finance? The Green Belt Movement lists the problems
Guest Post: “Slash and burn”, biochar and REDD in DR Congo and Cameroon
“Money thrown out of the window”: Article in taz about the Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership
Stealing tomorrow at the Conference of Polluters (Durban COP-17): 1 December 2011
Conference of Polluters (Durban COP-17) links: 30 November 2011
CO2 Prospects: Psst! Wanna buy some cheap REDD credits?
Irwandi Yusuf, Indonesia’s “green governor”, accused of issuing illegal palm oil concession
Ten of the worst REDD-type projects
REDD and carbon markets: A look at two parallel planets
CDM does not reduce emissions. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground does
Norway: Saving rainforests with one hand, destroying with the other
Asia Pulp and Paper’s big REDD scam on the Kampar peninsula
World Bank’s Benoit Bosquet on REDD: “It’s probably good to take the time to get things right”
Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Resolution on Secondary Forests
If carbon markets boom, who will benefit? Meet the trillion dollar club
REDD-Monitor open thread: WikiLeaks and REDD
Carbon Fund Risks Undermining REDD Readiness
New CIFOR report points out the flaws in Indonesia’s forest moratorium
UN-REDD invites comments on draft social and environmental principles and criteria
The Forest Investment Program and REDD: update from the Bretton Woods Project
Can REDD save Papua New Guinea’s forests?
Manufacturing consent on carbon trading
New report calls for “An end to forest offsets!”
Villagers respond to REDD in West Kalimantan: “We need to be recognized as legitimate carbon owners”
Forest Carbon, Cash and Crime: New report from Global Witness
Can REDD save the forests of the Republic of Congo?
Leaked World Bank report confirms carbon market collapse
President Yudhoyono promises to dedicate the next three years to protecting Indonesia’s forests
Ugandan farmers kicked off their land for New Forests Company’s carbon project
Two views of the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force meeting 2011
No REDD Platform issues “wakeup call to funders”
“Our Carbon is Not for Sale!” Via Campesina rejects REDD (again)
Australia’s climate deal: better than nothing or worse than useless?
African Parks Network plans to sell carbon from Odzala-Kokoua National Park in Republic of Congo
“Bikpela bagarap”: New film about destructive logging in Papua New Guinea
Can REDD save the Mabira forest in Uganda?
New research shows community managed forests have lower rates of deforestation than protected areas
REDD-Monitor open thread: Capitalism, climate change and carbon trading
In search of the forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia
Ecosystem Restoration Associates’ project in DR Congo: plenty of REDD-hot air?
REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten Myths Exploded
Villagers detained for handing out leaflets about Prey Lang forest in Cambodia
What if tropical forest soils start releasing more carbon as global warming increases?
Guest Post: Women Remain Outside the Global Forest Estate
A “carbon cowboy”, internet censorship and REDD-Monitor
“Ecological Armageddon:” ABC News documentary about APRIL’s operations in Sumatra
“Carbon cowboy” David Nilsson denounces Indigenous chief in Peru
New report exposes illegal timber trade from Laos to Vietnam
REDD in fragile states: Pouring water into a leaky bucket?
WWF scandal (part 1): Bears feeding on toxic corporate waste
Mining for REDD in Indonesia (with a little help from Norway)
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership faces yet more criticism
Indigenous Peoples’ organisation demands “immediate moratorium” on REDD+ in Central Kalimantan
Two new Carbon Trade Watch factsheets: Key arguments against REDD+ and Some key REDD+ actors
REDD faces all round. Norway’s investment in forest destruction
Brazilian environmental and social movements oppose REDD offsets
NGOs criticise Indonesia’s “moratorium”
Land grabs, logging and carbon credits in South Sudan
REDD side events in Bonn, June 2011
Civil Society Recommendations for the SBSTA Agenda
Some questions for a Conservation International board member: Victoria Tauli Corpuz
Manufacturing consent: The U.S. position on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Corruption, deforestation and abuse of human rights. Business as usual, then, for Indonesia
Brazil’s deforestation rate soars. What now for REDD?
Is Indonesia’s “moratorium” worth the paper it’s written on?
Erik Solheim requested to reply to eight points of concern about Norway-Guyana MoU
Indonesia’s president signs the decree on forest moratorium: Too little, too late
NGO letter to Forest Carbon Partnership Facility highlights “Emerging Accountability Gap”
Rainforest Alliance’s “inadequate verification report” in Guyana
Conservation International: “Are they any more than a green PR company?”
McKinsey again: The consultants and the Congo
Mining company to buy 50% of Carbon Conservation: Will REDD help greenwash mining?
Asia Pacific indigenous activists say “No to REDD”
One cent per square metre: Dutch TV programme finds out the cost of Brazil’s rainforest
Mind the gap: Indigenous Peoples’ rights and REDD
“The black box is a problem for everybody.” Benoît Bosquet comments on McKinsey’s cost curves
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: REDD questioned in Cross River State, Nigeria
Still waiting for Indonesia’s moratorium (continued)
“Do you want your forest to be conserved?” Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Vietnam
McKinsey’s advice on REDD is “fundamentally flawed” says Greenpeace
Can financial markets solve the climate crisis?
Shift2Neutral’s Brett Goldsworthy interviewed on Today Tonight Adelaide
Eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana: Open letter to Erik Solheim
Another set-back for carbon trading – this time in California
Free, Prior and Informed Consent in REDD+
Reply from AusAID about the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership
Smoke and Mirrors: A critical assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
On International Women’s Day: An invitation to sign the position on Women and REDD
Can REDD save Virachey National Park in Cambodia?
Rainforest Action Network urges robust moratorium in Indonesia
AIDESEP critique of Peru’s Readiness Preparation Proposal
Norwegian finance for forest destruction in Indonesia. Oh, and where is the moratorium, by the way?
Can REDD save Prey Lang forest in Cambodia?
Guyana – Amaila Falls hydropower dam and access road
Community concerns with the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership: “No rights, No KCFP”
Free, prior and informed consent: The legal framework in Indonesia
Two critiques of REDD in Cameroon, from Forest Peoples Programme and CIFOR
What if the Amazon tips from a carbon sink to a source?
The role of the World Bank in carbon finance: New report from the Bretton Woods Project
Why REDD+ is Dangerous (in its current form)
What do rising food prices mean for REDD?
Increasing deforestation in Guyana gives Norway a headache
The case of the missing carbon credits
Durban feedback #1: Saving the market, not the climate
Civil society demands meaningful logging moratorium in Indonesia
WikiLeaks: Two reasons why Brazil matters to the US
Indonesia: The three draft decrees
One trillion tonnes of carbon, REDD, carbon trading and fortress conservation
Indonesia delays moratorium on forest concessions
How Kevin Conrad dismissed NGO requests not to weaken safeguards in the REDD text in Cancun