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“Recipe for Greenwashing:” New report calls for a ban on international credits in South Korea’s Emissions Trading System
The report, published by Korean NGO Plan 1.5, finds that cookstove projects overestimate emissions reductions by a factor of more than 18.
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Illegal logging associated with hydropower dam construction in Southern Cardamom REDD project, Cambodia
New documentary by France24 looks at illegal logging in three REDD projects in Cambodia.
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“Over-issuance of millions of carbon credits”: C-Quest Capital announces “wrongdoing” by its former CEO, Ken Newcombe
At the World Bank, and then in the private sector, Newcombe was one of the major proponents of carbon trading. He also spent 16 years on Verra’s board…
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BBC Panorama documentary on the Southern Cardamom REDD project in Cambodia: Human rights abuses, road construction, and a hydropower dam
“Lots of logging is taking place here.”
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Congo’s forest ‘emissions reductions programme’: Germany, Norway and UK taxpayers paying for nothing
As the World Bank-backed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility produces only ‘hot air’ emissions reductions.
Fortress conservation in Wildlife Alliance’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project
Evictions, violence, and burning people’s homes. “We’re proud of our work. The forest, the wildlife, you come to feel they’re yours”
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Sarah Milne on REDD in Cambodia: “Unchecked government power, the erosion of Indigenous rights, and violence against environmental…
Sarah Milne is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University.
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Norway hands over US$80 million to increase deforestation in Guyana
Norway has transferred US$80 million to the Inter-American Development Bank as part of the Norway-Guyana US$250 million REDD deal.
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Can REDD save the Areng Valley in Cambodia?
The Areng Valley in southwest Cambodia has been home to the Chong indigenous people for more than 600 years.
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CDM does not reduce emissions. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground does
Last month, I took part in a meeting in Bangkok about carbon markets in Southeast Asia. Much of the discussion during the meeting involved the…
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Eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana: Open letter to Erik Solheim
Next week, Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of the Environment & International Development, will be visiting Guyana.
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Guyana – Amaila Falls hydropower dam and access road
The access road to the Amaila Falls hydropower dam in Guyana’s forest is already under construction.
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