Ten of the worst REDD-type projects that affect Indigenous Peoples and local communities

A group of Indigenous and environmental organizations have published a new booklet that highlights ten of the worst REDD-type projects that affect Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world.

REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is a massive UN programme that's supposedly meant to help balance the climate; however, as the new booklet "No REDD Papers, Volume 1" shows, the programme is in fact paving the way for a massive land grab, not to mention human rights abuses and even more environmental destruction.

The 85-page booklet examines projects in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the United States and Mexico. Among those projects:

The Guaraqueçaba Climate Action Project in Brazil. Implemented by the Nature Conservancy, General Motors, American Electric Power, Society for Wildlife Research and Environmental Education, for this project armed guards are being used to intimidate and persecute the Gurani people;
BP's REDD-type project in Mexico. The company is using the project to help "greenwash its destruction of biodiversity and communities’ livelihoods" in and around the Gulf Of Mexico; and
A fairly unknown plantation project in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon, which threatens Indigenous Peoples who live in voluntary isolation.

The booklet also highlights critical perspectives and opinions that we never hear from any proponents of REDD whether it's a large NGO, a corporate lobby group, a government or the UN itself.

All in all, it's an essential read for anyone that isn't familiar with REDD - and those of us who want real climate solutions that actually respect human rights.

No REDD Papers, Volume 1 was published by Carbon Trade Watch, Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environmental Network, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, and Timberwatch Coalition.

You can download the booklet at: www.ienearth.org/docs/noreddpapers_download.pdf


Ten of the worst REDD-type projects

Courtesy of Chris Lang from redd-monitor.org, here's a quick overview of the ten worst REDD-type projects.


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