Brazil

Indigenous leaders were not consulted about US$180 million LEAF Coalition REDD deal in Pará. “We are being sold like goods”

Open letter to Governor of Pará criticises the failure to carry out a process of free, prior and informed consent.

Oct 11 •

The Brazilian Amazon is burning. Yet again

A more dramatic illustration of the failure of REDD is difficult to imagine.

Oct 9 •

US$180 million worth of carbon credits for sale to Big Polluters from the state of Pará, Brazil

Prices are backed by the governments of Norway, UK, and US.

Oct 7 •

Verra records largest ever loss of more than US$9 million

And Verra’s new CEO fails to address criticisms of Verra and the voluntary carbon market.

Sep 25 •

Carbon projects are projects of death

World Rainforest Movement Bulletin, August 2024.

Sep 2 •

Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Office has issued a recommendation to suspend REDD in Indigenous and traditional territories in Amazonas

And a stop to carbon credit trade from Indigenous lands in Amazonas.

Aug 23 •

“REDD projects are projects of death,” say Ka’apor Indigenous People in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

Wildlife Works is developing a REDD project on Ka’apor land in the Alto Turiaçu Indigenous Territory.

Jul 30 •

Washington Post’s investigation into “carbon cowboys” in the Brazilian Amazon focusses on Michael Greene’s REDD projects

The investigation found that more than half of all REDD projects in the Amazon overlapped with public land.

Jul 29 •

The Marajó REDD Project in Brazil: The company has become an “agent of violence”, promoting “true chaos within the territories”

“Abusive” contracts, land grabbing, seven legal cases, threats, and accusations

Jun 25 •

Operation Greenwashing: Brazil’s Federal Police carry out operation against criminal group suspected of selling US$34 million illegal carbon…

Verra says it “welcomes” the Brazilian authorities actions.

Jun 6 •

IKEA and Brazil: “This furniture industry relies on ecological degradation and profits from it”

Part V: Industrial tree plantations and environmental fines in Brazil.

Mar 14 •

Slave labour used to clear forests in the Maísa REDD+ project, Brazil

Further evidence that the Verra auditing system is not fit for purpose

Feb 22 •

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