May 20, 2012
- “That Norway – Indonesia's biggest REDD+ donor – will also profit from this destructive exploitation is ironic in the extreme. Norway could be paying Papuans to maintain their forests instead of profiting from deforestation in West Papua,” said Telapak ...
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May 17, 2012
Norway has been heavily involved in the protection of rainforests in Indonesia through the REDD+ programme. With government investment involved in the exploitation of local tribal people there is the claim of it sending mixed messages.
...- Even more concerning, a report by the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that Norway is profiting from West Papua's plantation boom, in spite of its commendable efforts through Redd+. The country's Government Pension Fund ...
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May 15, 2012
- By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Letters | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 With reference to your editorial 'The Norway funds' (May 14), I wish to mention that on November 7, 2011, the Steering Committee of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF), ...
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May 14, 2012
- Indeed, it had seemed to all and sundry that this would be the case until it was agreed that the money would be deposited in the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) under the supervision of the World Bank. Oslo had obviously come to understand the need ...
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May 6, 2012
- By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Local | Sunday, May 6, 2012 Slow movements on projects have resulted in the US$70 million deposited by Norway into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) remaining in the World Bank-controlled account over two years ...
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May 2, 2012
- The Guyana Chronicle also failed to notice that the Joint Concept Note (JCN) attached to the Norway-Guyana MoU and revised in March 2011 is explicit concerning the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) that “Transfer of funds takes place on approval by ...
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April 19, 2012
- In November 2010, Guyana and Norway entered into an agreement, which represented the second biggest interim REDD+ agreement in the world, and through which Norway committed to providing to Guyana up to US$250M by 2015, for avoided deforestation and ...
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April 18, 2012
- In November 2010, Guyana and Norway established a partnership - the second biggest interim REDD+ agreement in the world - through which Norway committed to giving Guyana up to 250 million US dollars by 2015 for the deforestation and degradation it ...
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April 13, 2012
- However, Guyana is yet to draw down from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) as it is called. Persaud on Thursday announced that a third tranche is ...