The Blattner family’s Isangi REDD project in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled

The return of the carbon bomb: Democratic Republic of Congo opens 52 oil exploration blocks in the Cuvette Centrale peatlands

“Don’t use rainforests or any other carbon sink as a way to offset your reliance on fossil fuel.” Interview with Martin Simonneau, Cool Earth

Book review: Ricardo’s Dream by Nat Dyer

Forestry researchers raise serious concerns about REDD: Focus on carbon markets leading to “lesser scrutiny of safeguards”

The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled 27 oil exploration blocks

The African Commission recognises the rights of Indigenous Batwa people to return to their ancestral lands inside the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo

United Arab Emirates promises to buy US$450 million carbon credits from the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative

Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to release its carbon bomb

Response from Steve Zwick, Verra: “Verra will ask Kanaka Management Systems to cease and desist any actions that may mislead communities into thinking that Verra has not already rejected the project”

Response from Kanaka Management Services: “Please do not conduct legal trail or castigate REDD+ project developers on the website by writing text which shows the project developer in bad light”

REDD in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Civil society letter requests Free, Prior and Informed Consent, review of REDD+ approval decree, a complaints mechanism, and transparent distribution of funds