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		<title>Can REDD save the forests of Muara Tae in East Kalimantan, Indonesia?</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2012/01/26/can-redd-save-the-forests-of-muara-tae-in-east-kalimantan-indonesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Dayak Benuaq Indigenous People of Muara Tae in East Kalimantan are defending their last remaining area of forest against two palm oil companies. “This is the last remaining forests that we have and the only land we have to survive. If my forests are gone, our lives will end,” says Pak Singko, a ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Indonesia&#8217;s moratorium map fails to include data on settlements and smallholder farms</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2012/01/20/guest-post-indonesias-moratorium-map-fails-to-include-data-on-settlements-and-smallholder-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2012/01/20/guest-post-indonesias-moratorium-map-fails-to-include-data-on-settlements-and-smallholder-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REDD-Monitor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Since 2009, villagers on Pulau Padang, an island off the east coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, have been protesting against pulp and paper company APRIL's proposed 41,205 hectare pulpwood plantation on their island. In November 2011, in a dramatic protest aimed at illustrating how APRIL and the authorities were ignoring them, 28 of them ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia&#8217;s Ministry of Forestry amends moratorium map and excludes oil palm concession issued in breach of moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/12/14/indonesias-ministry-of-forestry-amends-moratorium-map-and-excludes-oil-palm-concession-issued-in-breach-of-moratorium/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/12/14/indonesias-ministry-of-forestry-amends-moratorium-map-and-excludes-oil-palm-concession-issued-in-breach-of-moratorium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In August 2011, Irwandi Yusuf, governor of Aceh, signed a permit for a palm oil concession in the Tripa Peat Swamp, apparently in breach of the moratorium on new forest concessions under the Indonesia-Norway US$1 billion REDD deal. The permit allowed PT Kallista Alam to clear 1,605 hectares for oil palm plantations. Walhi Aceh ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irwandi Yusuf, Indonesia&#8217;s &#8220;green governor”, accused of issuing illegal palm oil concession</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/24/irwandi-yusuf-indonesias-green-governor-accused-of-issuing-illegal-palm-oil-concession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/24/irwandi-yusuf-indonesias-green-governor-accused-of-issuing-illegal-palm-oil-concession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redd-monitor.org/?p=10424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ In August 2011, Irwandi Yusuf, governor of Aceh, signed a permit for a palm oil concession in the Tripa Peat Swamp, part of the Leuser Ecosystem, that Wetlands International describes as "an area of outstanding, world-renowned biodiversity value". The permit would allow PT Kallista Alam to convert 1,605 hectares of forest. The Leuser Ecosystem was ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norway: Saving rainforests with one hand, destroying with the other</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/16/norway-saving-rainforests-with-one-hand-destroying-with-the-other/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/16/norway-saving-rainforests-with-one-hand-destroying-with-the-other/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.redd-monitor.org/?p=10304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ "It has long been a fact: Norway is saving rainforest with one hand and destroying the rainforest with the other," wrote Lars Løvold of Rainforest Foundation Norway recently. The problem is that while Norway has promised billions to save the rainforest, the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is investing in companies that are destroying ... [...]]]></description>
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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>New CIFOR report points out the flaws in Indonesia&#8217;s forest moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/01/new-cifor-report-points-out-the-flaws-in-indonesias-forest-moratorium/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/11/01/new-cifor-report-points-out-the-flaws-in-indonesias-forest-moratorium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There is much to criticise in Indonesia's moratorium on new forestry concessions. Many of these criticisms have been put forward in previous posts on REDD-Monitor (here, here and here). A recent briefing from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) points out serious flaws with the moratorium and then makes suggestions for improving it. CIFOR's ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining for REDD in Indonesia (with a little help from Norway)</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/30/mining-for-redd-in-indonesia-with-a-little-help-from-norway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/30/mining-for-redd-in-indonesia-with-a-little-help-from-norway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The mining industry has obvious reasons for being interested in REDD. The industry is responsible for vast greenhouse gas emissions. While the obvious way of reducing emissions is to reduce the amount of fossil fuels mined (an option that is never on the agenda at UN climate meetings), a more profitable option is to ... [...]]]></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>Indigenous Peoples&#8217; organisation demands &#8220;immediate moratorium&#8221; on REDD+ in Central Kalimantan</title>
		<link>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/22/indigenous-peoples-organisation-demands-immediate-moratorium-on-redd-in-central-kalimantan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/06/22/indigenous-peoples-organisation-demands-immediate-moratorium-on-redd-in-central-kalimantan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Members of the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago - Central Kalimantan Chapter (AMAN Kalteng) have issued a statement demaning an "immediate moratorium of all REDD+ processes and investments in Central Kalimantan”, until a series of conditions are met. AMAN Kelteng's statement can be downloaded here (pdf file 72.1 KB) and is posted in ... [...]]]></description>
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