Posts Tagged ‘REDD’
Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal
November 29th, 2010
Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network
26 November, 2010
REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn
Cancún, Mexico – Indigenous and environmental rights groups warn that an agreement on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico will spell disaster for forest peoples worldwide, limiting the rights of indigenous and peasant people over their territories. The real solution, the groups argue, is for developed countries to reduce fossil fuel emissions at the source. Read more »
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Tags: bio energy, Indigenous Peoples, REDD | 
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Shell bankrolls REDD
October 4th, 2010
Indigenous Environmental Network and Friends of the Earth Nigeria Denounce Shell REDD Project
September 7, 2010 – Oil giant Shell, infamous for the genocide of the Ogoni People and environmental destruction in Nigeria’s Niger Delta is now bankrolling REDD, a false solution to climate change that puts forests in the carbon market and has been denounced as potentially the “largest land grab of all time.” Read more »
