26 January 2010

Indonesia: Government proposes 21 million hectares of plantations to meet climate targets

Indonesia’s plans for massive plantation expansion make little sense in terms of addressing either deforestation or climate change.

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22 December 2009

Indonesia: Plantations, human rights and REDD

Will the plantation companies responsible for destroying villagers’ livelihoods benefit from REDD?

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18 December 2009

REDD text an insult to Indigenous Peoples

Whilst the latest Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) text doesn’t have the words “Made in the USA” anywhere on it, it should have.

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14 December 2009

REDD, REDD+, REDD++, REDD and bacon, sausage and spam …

Getting tired of the ever expanding REDD plans? Me too.

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30 November 2009

Greenwashing the green desert in Copenhagen

The UN definition of forests must exclude industrial tree plantations.
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25 August 2009

Destroying with one hand, taking with the other: Biomass, REDD and forests

Why does the UN’s latest scheme to save the forests not address the drivers of deforestation?
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21 July 2009

Laos: Chinese company Sun Paper plans eucalyptus monocultures

More eucalyptus monocultures are planned for Laos.
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28 June 2009

The gaping chasm between climate science and climate negotiations

Climate scientists and climate negotiators might as well live on different planets.
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18 June 2009

Cambodia’s Prey Long forest is “equivalent to life itself” for local communities

The largest area of intact lowland evergreen forests in southeast Asia is under threat.
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28 April 2009

Wilful ignorance: FAO and industrial tree plantations

FAO continues to push the lie of “planted forests”.
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21 February 2009

Bath tubs, forests, carbon trading and climate change

Why trading the carbon stored in forests will not help address runaway climate change.
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6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power

Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South

A report by Chris Lang, published by World Rainforest Movement, December 2008
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6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Introduction

6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Section 1

6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Section 2

6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Section 3

6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Section 4

6 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Section 5

3 February 2009

Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South

Announcing my new report: “Plantations, poverty and power: Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South”.
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6 January 2009

Taking the land, impoverishing the people: The pulp industry in the Mekong Region

Despite the social and environmental impacts of the pulp industry in the Mekong Region, governments, banks and consultants are helping it to expand.
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22 December 2008

Vietnam: Paper shortages, price increases, new mills and more plantations

Vietnam has an ever increasing area of monoculture eucalyptus plantations. Nevertheless, the country faces paper shortages every year.
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22 December 2008

The ADB is destroying the Mekong’s forests and the planet’s climate

Through funding coal-fired power plants, the Asian Development Bank is helping accelerate climate change. Its destruction of forests makes things worse.
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20 November 2008

Dams on the Mekong mainstream would destroy fisheries for millions

Building dams on the Mekong mainstream will destroy the Mekong’s fisheries and subject millions of people to food shortages and poverty.
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11 November 2008

Did FSC pass the practical test or is it on the wrong track?

By Chris Lang. Presentation at a conference in Berlin: “Sustainability certificates for agroenergy: Guardrail or lubricant for trade with regrowing energy resources?” organised by Brot für die Welt and FDCL, 4 October 2008.
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17 October 2008

Why certification of agrofuels won’t work

The massive expansion of agrofuels is responsible for forest destruction, livelihood loss and increased food costs. Certification of agrofuels will do nothing to address the problems.
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