February 22, 2012
- Interview with the World Bank in Indonesia, by email. REDD-Monitor: Please provide a brief background about the World Bank and its history of involvement in the forests of Indonesia. World Bank: Indonesia's forests are a concern of the World Bank because of their social, economic and environmental importance. Forest areas in Indonesia are currently threatened with ... [...]
- In this article, Wally Menne of the Timberwatch Coalition in South Africa asks whether REDD can really help address climate change and whether it can bring genuine benefits for rural communities. The article was first published in Drynet News, in February 2012. Since the mid-1995s, the Timberwatch Coalition has focussed on exposing the environmental and ... [...]
February 21, 2012
- On 16 February 2012, REDD-Monitor posted an article about a UK-based company called Merlins Wood. The company has signed two Memoranda of Understanding for two REDD-type projects in Pakistan, one with the Secretary of Forests of the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one with the government of Pakistan administered Kashmir. REDD-Monitor raised a series of questions ... [...]
February 19, 2012
- A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) is updated regularly. Is the "Green economy" the new Washington consensus? International Viewpoint, February 2012 | This text was presented by the Working Group on the ... [...]
February 17, 2012
- A new report by Greenomics Indonesia documents how the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate threatens peatland and forest in Papua province, Indonesia. The moratorium on new forest concessions, part of the US$1 billion Indonesia-Norway REDD deal has no effect whatsoever in limiting the destruction. Greenomics Indonesia's report reveals that 400,000 hectares of land, including ... [...]...
February 16, 2012
- In May 2011, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan for a REDD-type project. Last week, Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (SAFI) rejected the agreement. This is a strange story, involving the Taliban, an illegal logging mafia, carbon trading, REDD and a UK-based company called Merlins Wood. The MoU was signed ... [...]
February 14, 2012
- In January 2011, Guyana's then-Junior Minister of Forestry Robert Persaud announced that the forest sector in Guyana was 99% legal. A recent series of articles by Janette Bulkan questions the veracity of Persaud's statement. The articles, which were published in the Stabroek News in January and February 2012, expose a series of flaws in the ... [...]
February 12, 2012
- A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) is updated regularly. REDD+ SES Initiative REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards, no date | Comments are invited on draft REDD+ SES Version 2 from 9th February ... [...]
February 10, 2012
- Since October 2008, Global Witness has been working on a project called "Making the Forest Sector Transparent". The project has recently released its 2011 Annual Transparency Report, looking at the transparency record in seven countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In each of the countries, Global Witness has ... [...]...
February 9, 2012
- A recent article asks whether corporations have captured big conservation? The subheading could have read, "Do bears shit in the woods?" In the article, "Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured Big Conservation?", Jonathan Latham, takes on big conservation's role in setting up certification schemes for commodities, including the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the ... [...]...