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Gabriel Labbate’s carbon market fallacies
The Global Team Leader of the UN-REDD programme at UNEP is promoting a false solution to the climate crisis.
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The failure of the UN Climate Action Summit. Helped by the distraction of Natural Climate Solutions
This week saw the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.
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REDD myth no. 1: Deforestation accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions
Myth: “Deforestation accounts for 25 percent of all man-made emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.”
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“Do you want your forest to be conserved?” Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Vietnam
In March 2009, the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board approved US$4.4 million for Viet Nam’s National UN-REDD Programme. UN-REDD chose two districts in Lam…
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Chris Lang
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REDD in the Congo Basin – new report from World Rainforest Movement
The forests in the Congo Basin, the second largest area of tropical forest in the world, are receiving increasing interest.
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REDD: The realities in black and white – new report from Friends of the Earth International
“There are several red flags and concerns about REDD by indigenous groups and forest dependent peoples as well as mass social movements across the…
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Papua New Guinea’s National Joint Programme approved by UN-REDD Policy Board
Last week, the UN-REDD policy board approved almost US$6.4 million for Papua New Guinea’s National Joint Programme.
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Comments invited on Indonesia’s Draft National REDD+ Strategy
Over the past few weeks, a series of regional consultations have taken place on Indonesia’s National REDD+ Strategy.
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Chris Lang
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Everything you always wanted to know about REDD but were afraid to ask
This is perhaps not quite everything you wanted to know about REDD, but it covers quite a lot of ground.
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“Our forest is not for sale!” NGO statement on REDD in Nigeria
On 18 August 2010, Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Nigeria, the country’s leading environment group) organised a meeting on REDD in…
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Papua New Guinea plans to scrap REDD safeguards
On 27 May 2010, Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, gave a speech at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference. Much of his speech…
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Chris Lang
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“Realising Rights, Protecting Forests”: New report from the Accra Caucus
A new report by the Accra Caucus “proposes an alternative vision for achieving the objective of reducing deforestation, arguing for policies and actions…
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