McKinsey’s bad influence on REDD is decreasing – at least in Papua New Guinea

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McKinsey's bad influence on REDD is decreasing - at least in Papua New Guinea

Consulting firm McKinsey has played a key role in pushing a version of REDD that underestimates the role of industrial logging and agriculture on forest destruction, while painting local communities as forest destroyers. McKinsey’s advice, if taken seriously, would have had serious implications for local livelihoods and would do little to reduce deforestation.

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REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten Myths Exploded

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REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten Myths Exploded

In June 2011, FERN, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation UK produced a report which counters some of the misconceptions about the suitability of carbon markets to finance forest protection.

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McKinsey’s advice on REDD is “fundamentally flawed” says Greenpeace

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Yesterday, Greenpeace released a report titled, “Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction.” The report highlights how advice from McKinsey & 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.

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Papua New Guinea not ready for REDD – Greenpeace

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Papua New Guinea not ready for REDD - Greenpeace

Yesterday, Greenpeace presented the Papua New Guinea government with a Golden Chainsaw award “for asking for REDD money whilst continuing with rampant logging, failing to respect indigenous rights and denying NGO input into REDD discussions”. The award was accepted by Federica Bietta, who is representing the PNG government at the UN Convention on Biodiversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan.

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NGO statement raises concerns about Democratic Republic of Congo’s Readiness Preparation Proposal

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Forest on the banks of the Congo river system, DR Congo. PHOTO: Greenpeace

The Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for the Democratic Republic of Congo is to be considered at the UN-REDD Policy Board meeting 17-19 March and at the FCPF 5th Participants Committee meeting 22-25 March. Global Witness, Greenpeace, FERN, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Rainforest Foundation UK have produced a joint statement about DR Congo’s R-PP.

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Indonesia: Communities reject APRIL’s REDD plans on the Kampar Peninsular

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Indonesia: Communities reject APRIL's REDD plans on the Kampar Peninsular. PHOTO: Greenpeace

Two days ago, Greenpeace set up a Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar Peninsula in Riau province, Sumatra. The camp will remain there for several weeks to highlight the importance of protecting forests on peat soils. The soils on the Kampar Peninsular store about 2 billion tonnes of carbon.

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Carbon scam: the Noel Kempff project in Bolivia

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noel-kempff

Greenpeace recently released a report which illustrates clearly why REDD offset projects will neither address climate change nor stop deforestation. The report, “Carbon Scam: Noel Kempff Climate Action Project and the Push for Sub-national Forest Offsets“, looks in detail at the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia.

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Carbon Regulatory Offset Committee launched

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Carbon Regulatory Offset Committee launched

Yesterday Greenpeace launched a spoof website: Carbon Regulatory Offset Committee (C.R.O.C.). C.R.O.C.’s philosophy is simple: “do something good for the environment, then do something bad to it!” The timing is perfect.

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Rainforest Foundation UK and Greenpeace comment on Forest Investment Program draft

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Rainforest Foundation UK and Greenpeace comment on Forest Investment Program draft

The World Bank recently invited comments on the design of its Forest Investment Program. Rainforest Foundation UK and Greenpeace produced the following comments on the FIP design document along with suggestions for concrete changes to the text (available here, pdf file 111 kB).

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New Greenpeace report: Trading in forest carbon would crash carbon markets

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New Greenpeace report: Trading in forest carbon would crash carbon markets

“Including forest protection measures in carbon markets would crash the price of carbon by up to 75 percent and derail global efforts to tackle global warming,” says Greenpeace in a new report released on the sidelines of the U.N. climate talks in Bonn.

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