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A round up of the last seven days’ news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can’t wait until Monday for their REDD news, REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated daily: REDD in the news. The highlight this week is a great article by Johann Hari in The Nation: “The Wrong Kind of Green“.
A round up of the last seven days’ news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can’t wait until Monday for their REDD news, REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated daily: “REDD in the news“.
Here is this week’s round up of the last seven days’ news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can’t wait until Monday for last week’s REDD news, REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated daily: “REDD in the news“.
If you read nothing else this week, read these three articles: MPs propose carbon tax; Finnish research shows a flaw in climate models; and City Dwellers Drive Deforestation in 21st Century. Where does this leave REDD? Carbon markets fail to deliver green investment; emissions from soils in a warmer climate will be way higher than previously thought; and new research indicates that urban consumption is driving deforestation (not the rural poor). This week’s round up of the last seven days’ news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can’t wait until Monday for last week’s REDD news, REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated daily: “REDD in the news“. REDD in the news: a round up of last week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). For those who can’t wait until Monday morning for last week’s REDD news, REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated daily: “REDD in the news“. A round up of media coverage of REDD over the past seven days. The Rights and Resources Initiative released an important report: “The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change”. The report warns that “the failure to set legal standards and safeguards for a mechanism to transfer funds to forest-rich nations may trigger a sharp rise in speculation and corruption, placing unprecedented pressures on tropical forest lands and the communities that inhabit them.” Guyana’s President Jagdeo meets UK officials as consultations are underway for Jagdeo’s Low Carbon Development Strategy. The Agriculture Minister assures the logging industry that the LCDS will not threaten their operations. Under the LCDS, road-building will not threaten forests. Indonesia launches its revenue sharing rules for REDD. India wants its expanding area of industrial tree plantations to be recognised under REDD. Wildlife Works Carbon is establishing a REDD project in Kenya. Three views on REDD, from: Pavan Sukhdev, a senior banker at Deutsche Bank; Mongabay’s Rhett Butler; and Andrei Marcu, ex-head of the International Emissions Trading Association. The World Bank approves R-Plans for Guyana and Panama. The Clinton Foundation’s Jan Hartke visits Guyana and gushes about President Jagdeo’s climate plans. The Guyana Human Rights Association is a lot more concerned. Guyana’s Amerindians demand meaningful consultation. PNG’s director of the Office of Climate Change, Theo Yasause, is suspended. Cambodia signs an agreement for a REDD project. The Economist looks at Ecuador’s plans for Yasuní National Park. India wants conservation, afforestation and sustainable forest management to be included in REDD. Brazil opposes carbon markets for preventing deforestation. Brazil and India want historical emissions to be taken into account in Copenhagen. John O. Niles of the Tropical Forest Group writes on forests, conservation and REDD on Mongabay. UNFCCC Secretariat adds a list of documents relevant to REDD to its website. A critical review of the film, The Burning Season, on Green Left Review. Controversy about REDD in Indonesia (again) this week. Greenpeace criticised the government’s decree on REDD. Reuters reported that it will be at least six months before investors know the tax rules on REDD. Forest Watch Indonesia argued that forest land tenure will be the main problem in implementing REDD in Indonesia. APP announced plans to convert the buffer zone of a national park to industrial tree plantations. In the USA, the Waxman-Markey bill was passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Gar Lipow criticised the bill on Grist. A coalition of NGOs, including Greenpeace USA, Friends of the Earth and Rainforest Action Network released a statement describing it as a “missed opportunity” which will benefit Big Business. Meanwhile several other US NGOs, including Environmental Defense Fund, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy formed a coalition with Big Business. |
 
 
 
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