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The Great REDD Gamble
This alternative approach has already been proposed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the Bolivian government on the basis of the conclusions of the 2010 World People’s Conference on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth. The seeds of change have already been sown. Now it is time to ditch risky REDD for known community approaches that are effective, ethical and equitable. Read More
The green economy, forest peoples and territories
Rights violations in the state of Acre Read More
Open Letter Opposing REDD (Acre)
California wants to approve the incorporation of REDD+ offsets in its carbon cap-and-trade programme without hearing from the parties that would be affected by REDD+ activities. Read More
Open Letter Opposing REDD (Chiapas)
The REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+) program, which allows Northern polluters to purchases forest carbon offset credits from the global South, has been included in transnational negotiations on climate change and lowering greenhouse emissions. Read More
Open Letter Opposing REDD (California)
While California can play an important role in protecting tropical forests, developing a REDD+ offsets program risks wasting finite resources on a policy mechanism that will be inefficient, ineffective and possibly harm the lives and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities. Read More
REDD in California’s cap and trade: undermining environmental and financial market integrity
The State of California is poised to become the first cap and trade market to accept forest carbon offset credits for compliance purposes. This briefing paper details the related problems and risks. Read More
Letter to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Re: Carbon fund risks undermining REDD readiness Read More
Letter to Policy Board Members
The Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and corresponding risk assessment tools threaten to undermine work undertaken thus far and risk creating a race to the bottom in global REDD standards. Read More
REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten myths exploded
The United Nations’ negotiations on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – REDD+ – has become increasingly central in global discussions on climate change. This paper takes on ten misconceptions about the suitability of carbon mar Read More