A new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) found that REDD+, the UN program to reduce global carbon emissions, may be putting indigenous communities at risk, jeopardizing local land rights and laying the groundwork for large-scale “carbon grabs” by governments and private investors. Read more below to find out...
A new online tool called ForestDefender aims to help indigenous people understand and implement their rights in regard to forests. The database brings together vast amounts of legal information—both national and international—on over 50 countries. Read more below to find out this tool works and what its creators hope it will achieve....
A new report published by several environmental groups argues that unless governments and multilateral institutions significantly scale up financial commitments to REDD+, it may fail. Read more below to find out how much more institutions have to increase their financial contributions by and what the program hopes to achieve. Read more...
A new study finds that reduced logging practices as they are now in Indonesia do not meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Read more below to find out what logging practices CAN cut down carbon emissions by about 50 percent and how this effects REDD+. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about...
2013 was full of major developments in efforts to understand and protect the world’s tropical rainforests. We hope that in 2014 we can sustainably learn even more. Read more below to find out last years top stories. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about the rainforests, particularly in Borneo, and...
Indonesia selected the first head of its new REDD+ agency at the end of 2013. Read more below to find out more about REDD+ and what the duties are of this newly selected chief. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about REDD, then join the discussion on Facebook. Indonesia has...
A new report shows evidence that rainforest destruction in Sarawak, Malaysia is worse than previously thought, although Taib seems to think otherwise. Read more below. Read more from Sarawak Report Read more about Forest Policy in Borneo then join the discussion on Facebook A new report shows new evidence that destruction is worse...
A pointed and powerful critique of WWF’s role in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Is the RSPO corporate greenwash, or our last best chance to protect the rainforest? Read more below. Read more from redd-monitor.org Learn more about Forest and Climate Policy in Borneo By Chris Lang, 14th...
LONDON: The credibility of the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been called into question over its failure to act against a company bulldozing ancestral forests and perpetrating human rights abuses in Indonesia. First Resources Ltd has submitted documents to the RSPO falsely claiming that its subsidiary PT Borneo Surya...
A paper published this week in Nature Climate Change confirms that expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia is destroying the country’s rainforests while simultaneously increasing global carbon emissions. The study, led by Yale and Stanford University researchers, used Landsat satellite analyses to discern multiple land covers, coupled with above-and below-ground carbon accounting. The study...
