In Indonesian-occupied West Papua, soldiers are enforcing the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government鈥檚 鈥渇ood estate鈥 program, reports Chris Lang.
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The idea of trusting the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund with 鈥渋nnovative approaches鈥 to assist developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change is a recipe for disaster, writes Chris Lang.
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A new manual by six Europe-based NGOs calls for an end to forest offsets, whereby carbon emissions in one country can be supposedly 鈥渙ffset鈥 by protecting forests in another. Forest offset programs are largely organised through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism, which receives support from the World Bank and other financial institutions. The report says there are two motivations for forest offsets: 鈥渞educing the pressure to do something about fossil fuel emissions and the short term profit motive.鈥 -
Greenpeace recently released a report that clearly shows why Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) offset projects will neither address climate change nor stop deforestation.