by No-Redd | Jan 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Forests & Biodiversity, Plantations & Agriculture
On 16 March 2021, Total – the French company ranked seventh globally for production of oil – announced plans to plant a “40,000 hectare forest” in the Republic of Congo, the aim of which is to “sequester more than 10 million tons of CO2 over 20 years”. The company...
by No-Redd | Dec 11, 2019 | Climate Change, Forests & Biodiversity, Plantations & Agriculture
By Chris Lang On 5 December 2019, at COP25 in Madrid, the International Emissions Trading Association held a side event to launch its Markets for Natural Climate Solutions initiative. The aim is to help create “Global markets for carbon credits...
by No-Redd | Oct 24, 2014 | Climate Change, Forests & Biodiversity, Plantations & Agriculture
Friends of the Earth International has just released its most recent assessment of the suite of carbon-trading forestry policies known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD. The report, “The great REDD gamble,” is available for...
by No-Redd | Jul 3, 2014 | Climate Change, Forests & Biodiversity, Plantations & Agriculture
Plight of Kenya’s indigenous Sengwer shows carbon offsets are empowering corporate recolonisation of the South Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 500 million acres of land in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean was acquired or negotiated under deals...
by No-Redd | Apr 3, 2013 | Climate Change, Forests & Biodiversity, Plantations & Agriculture
By Chris Lang, 3rd April 2013 During the World Social Forum, a group of African organisations and individuals took part in the launch of a “No REDD in Africa Network”. Given the problems with the REDD mechanism, REDD-Monitor welcomes critical debate about REDD, but...
