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Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American ecocide
A new documentary film by the Gecko Project. Coming soon.
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Chris Lang
Federal court in Brazil rules against Wildlife Works’ REDD project on Indigenous Ka’apor territory
The court granted an injunction that temporarily suspends the REDD project.
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Film review: The Invisible Doctrine is a brilliant analysis of neoliberalism, ruined by the use of AI generated images
Why George, why?
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Deforestation from gold mining inside the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project in the Republic of Congo
The FCPF project was set up with an exaggerated baseline, it ignored the threat of mining, and was rigged to pay money to logging and palm oil…
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Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
No surprises. Direct air capture was designed to delay the end of fossil fuels.
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Call to sign on: NO to REDD! Declaration of the Amazon meeting on carbon projects
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In 2024, for the second year running, forests stopped acting as a carbon sink
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In 2023 the world’s forests stopped acting as a carbon sink
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“NO to REDD and Carbon Markets”
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What has happened to Verra’s “investigation” into the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe?
19 months after starting its “investigation”, Verra remains silent.
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TotalEnergies abandons its carbon plantations in the Republic of Congo
Foreign staff working on the Batéké Carbon Sink have left the country.
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Indigenous delegation to London demands stronger action from UK government to protect forests and support Indigenous rights
“We are being excluded from COP30 negotiations, but it is our land that has been affected.”
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Carbon cowboys plan REDD-type projects inside the proposed Atacuari Indigenous Reserve in Peru
The proposed reserve is for Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation.
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The idea of using trees and soils to offset emissions from burning fossil fuels is “scientifically flawed”
“Governments need to decarbonise their economies by first focusing on stopping the burning of fossil fuels.”
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Deforestation of tropical forests hit a record high in 2024. Fire caused almost half the destruction
“The signal in these data is particularly frightening.”
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Petition launched in solidarity with communities in Marudi district, Sarawak who are opposing Samling’s carbon credit land grab
Communities from 15 villages say the project infringes their Native Customary Rights.
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“Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels,” Energy Australia admits
Energy Australia’s statement is part of a settlement in a legal case about greenwashing brought by Parents for Climate.
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“Recipe for Greenwashing:” New report calls for a ban on international credits in South Korea’s Emissions Trading System
The report, published by Korean NGO Plan 1.5, finds that cookstove projects overestimate emissions reductions by a factor of more than 18.
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