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		<title>&#8220;Is Norway paying for &#8216;hot air&#8217;?&#8221;: Three articles about Guyana by Janette Bulkan in the Commonwealth Forestry Association newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/15/is-norway-paying-for-hot-air-three-articles-about-guyana-by-janette-bulkan-in-the-commonwealth-forestry-association-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/15/is-norway-paying-for-hot-air-three-articles-about-guyana-by-janette-bulkan-in-the-commonwealth-forestry-association-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In this series of articles, published in the newsletter of the Commonwealth Forestry Association, Janette Bulkan looks at the issue of governance and illegal logging in the forest sector in Guyana, in the context of the REDD agreement with Norway. The three articles are reproduced here with the permission of the Commonwealth Forestry Association. The first ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REDD-Monitor open thread: WikiLeaks and REDD</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/04/redd-monitor-open-thread-wikileaks-and-redd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/04/redd-monitor-open-thread-wikileaks-and-redd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ REDD-Monitor is requesting your help to find the best REDD stories contained in the US Embassy Cables that WikiLeaks released last week. WikiLeaks started releasing edited versions of the cables in November 2010, since when the cables have been trickling out. On 31 August 2011, WikiLeaks released 251,287 US Embassy cables. Unredacted. WikiLeaks' media ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REDD in fragile states: Pouring water into a leaky bucket?</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/07/29/redd-in-fragile-states-pouring-water-into-a-leaky-bucket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/07/29/redd-in-fragile-states-pouring-water-into-a-leaky-bucket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many of the countries hoping to implement REDD are riddled with corruption, illegal logging and a failure to respect land rights and indigenous peoples' rights. The forestry ministries in these countries are often among the most corrupt institutions in the government. Pouring money into these countries in the hope that it will help reduce ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At last! Norwegian government responds to the Open Letter outlining eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/24/at-last-norwegian-government-responds-to-the-open-letter-outlining-eight-problems-with-norway%e2%80%99s-redd-support-to-guyana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/24/at-last-norwegian-government-responds-to-the-open-letter-outlining-eight-problems-with-norway%e2%80%99s-redd-support-to-guyana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On 10 June 2011, the Norwegian government responded to the Open Letter sent on 24 March 2011. While the Open Letter raised eight problems with Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy, the vast majority of the discussion generated by the letter focussed on the signatories to the letter rather than the problems they were raising. To ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erik Solheim requested to reply to eight points of concern about Norway-Guyana MoU</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/05/25/erik-solheim-requested-to-reply-to-eight-points-of-concern-about-norway-guyana-mou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 05:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On 24 March 2011, members of Guyanese civil society and two Members of Parliament sent a letter to Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development. The letter raised "eight key problems with the operation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Guyana and Norway”. Almost two months later, Solheim replied, ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erik Solheim&#8217;s reply to the Open Letter outlining eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana: &#8220;It will not be possible to go into the details of your letter here&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/05/19/erik-solheims-reply-to-the-open-letter-outlining-eight-problems-with-norway%e2%80%99s-redd-support-to-guyana-it-will-not-be-possible-to-go-into-the-details-of-your-letter-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/05/19/erik-solheims-reply-to-the-open-letter-outlining-eight-problems-with-norway%e2%80%99s-redd-support-to-guyana-it-will-not-be-possible-to-go-into-the-details-of-your-letter-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday, I wrote that the writers of the Open Letter outlining eight problems with Norway's REDD support to Guyana were still waiting for a response from Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of the Environment. Within a couple of hours of posting, REDD-Monitor received a copy of a letter from Erik Solheim. His letter is extraordinary ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainforest Alliance&#8217;s &#8220;inadequate verification report&#8221; in Guyana</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/05/18/rainforest-alliances-inadequate-verification-report-in-guyana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/05/18/rainforest-alliances-inadequate-verification-report-in-guyana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 06:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On 25 March 2011, members of civil society and two Members of Guyana's Parliament sent a letter to Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment &#038; International Development. The letter outlines eight key problems with the operation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Guyana and Norway, which was signed in November ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKinsey&#8217;s advice on REDD is &#8220;fundamentally flawed&#8221; says Greenpeace</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/04/08/mckinsey-advice-on-redd-is-fundamentally-flawed-says-greenpeace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/04/08/mckinsey-advice-on-redd-is-fundamentally-flawed-says-greenpeace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday, Greenpeace released a report titled, "Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction." The report highlights how advice from McKinsey &#038; Co., one of the world's top consulting firms, will result in an increase in the destructive logging it is, in theory at least, supposed to prevent. McKinsey has provided advice to several ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight problems with Norway&#8217;s REDD support to Guyana: Open letter to Erik Solheim</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/03/25/eight-problems-with-norways-redd-support-to-guyana-open-letter-to-erik-solheim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/03/25/eight-problems-with-norways-redd-support-to-guyana-open-letter-to-erik-solheim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Next week, Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment &#038; International Development, will be visiting Guyana. A year ago, Solheim congratulated Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo when he was awarded the United Nations' 2010 Champion of the Earth. Solheim described Jagdeo's promotion of low carbon development as "an example for others to follow." The letter, which ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guyana – Amaila Falls hydropower dam and access road</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/03/01/guyana-%e2%80%93-amaila-falls-hydropower-dam-and-access-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/03/01/guyana-%e2%80%93-amaila-falls-hydropower-dam-and-access-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The access road to the Amaila Falls hydropower dam in Guyana's forest is already under construction. The project is one of those listed in President Bharrat Jagdeo's Low Carbon Development Strategy. Potential financiers of the hydropower project include the China Development Bank, the China Railway First Group, the InterAmerican Development Bank and the Norwegian ... [...]]]></description>
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