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The biodiversity funding gap “is a dangerous way to approach debates about what is needed to transform societies to improve nature…
In an interview with Acción Ecológica, Andre Standing explains what’s wrong with the whole idea of a US$700 billion biodiversity funding gap.
Nov 4
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The biodiversity funding gap “is a dangerous way to approach debates about what is needed to transform societies to improve nature conservation”
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Conflicts of interest and Verra’s cancellation of 5 million C-Quest cookstove carbon credits
Verra’s system is riddled with conflicts of interest.
Oct 24
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Conflicts of interest and Verra’s cancellation of 5 million C-Quest cookstove carbon credits
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The UK’s new climate envoy, Rachel Kyte, imagines carbon as “the currency of the 21st century”
What a £4 million donation to the Labour Party from the Cayman Islands gets you.
Sep 27
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The UK’s new climate envoy, Rachel Kyte, imagines carbon as “the currency of the 21st century”
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World Bank-funded Zambézia Integration Landscape Management Programme in Mozambique has failed to stop deforestation. “Minimal benefits…
A new report by Public Integrity Center finds that ZILMP faces “significant challenges”: increasing deforestation, slow administrative processes, and…
Sep 24
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World Bank-funded Zambézia Integration Landscape Management Programme in Mozambique has failed to stop deforestation. “Minimal benefits” have reached local communities
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Indigenous Peoples are crucially important to protecting biodiversity, but the claim that 80% of biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands…
A new paper in Nature Magazine finds that the 80% figure is unsupported.
Sep 9
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Indigenous Peoples are crucially important to protecting biodiversity, but the claim that 80% of biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands is not based on science
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“Like Apartheid.” Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area protest against forced evictions and loss of basic rights
The government has removed the Ngorongoro division from the voters’ register, denying the Maasai the right to vote.
Aug 26
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“Like Apartheid.” Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area protest against forced evictions and loss of basic rights
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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…
Jun 27
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“Over-issuance of millions of carbon credits”: C-Quest Capital announces “wrongdoing” by its former CEO, Ken Newcombe
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“This will finish us”. Conservation, trophy hunting, and tourism is destroying Maasai livelihoods and culture in northern Tanzania
A superb article in The Atlantic reveals the impact of government policies on the Maasai.
Apr 12
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“This will finish us”. Conservation, trophy hunting, and tourism is destroying Maasai livelihoods and culture in northern Tanzania
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In the name of conservation: The Tanzanian government is escalating its campaign of violence and evictions against Indigenous People
The Oakland Institute has a new Urgent Alert about the situation in Tanzania.
Jan 27
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In the name of conservation: The Tanzanian government is escalating its campaign of violence and evictions against Indigenous People
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World Bank to carry out an investigation into evictions, killings, and human rights abuses associated with its REGROW project in Tanzania
“We are tired of living in constant fear for our lives,” say villagers threatened with eviction to make way for an expanded Ruaha National Park
Nov 22, 2023
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World Bank to carry out an investigation into evictions, killings, and human rights abuses associated with its REGROW project in Tanzania
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Violent evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania supported by the World Bank
A new report by the Oakland Institute documents the Bank’s role in human rights abuses in southern Tanzania
Oct 12, 2023
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Violent evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania supported by the World Bank
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Africa Carbon Markets Initiative: “A disincentive to progress in cutting down on emissions”
ACMI will help corporations to greenwash their pollution. It will not help address the climate crisis
May 4, 2023
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Africa Carbon Markets Initiative: “A disincentive to progress in cutting down on emissions”
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