An extract from “A funny place to store carbon”, a report by Chris Lang and Timothy Byakola about a Dutch carbon sink project in Uganda.
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Uganda: Notes from a visit to Mount Elgon
28 Feb“A funny place to store carbon”: UWA-FACE Foundation’s tree planting project in Mount Elgon national park, Uganda
30 DecUganda: FSC fails to uphold Indigenous Peoples’ Rights at Mount Elgon
29 DecA Dutch tree planting project to absorb carbon in Uganda infringes local peoples’ land rights – despite being certified by FSC.
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The pulp industry and the biofuels boom
29 NovThe pulp industry in the North is keen on converting to biofuel production. But this will only drive further expansion of industrial tree plantations in the South.
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The price for offsetting CO2: Displacement in Uganda
23 SepOffsetting carbon emissions may sound good to tourists with a guilty conscience. But a carbon sink tree planting project around Mount Elgon is helping deprive local people of their land and livelihoods.
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Uprooted
8 JulIn the complex chain of relationships in the carbon market, no-one wants to take responsibility when things go wrong. Even when it means people are being driven out of their homes.
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Uganda: Face Foundation, carbon conflict and FSC certification
24 DecSince 1994, the FACE Foundation has been planting trees in Uganda’s Mount Elgon national park, aiming to compensate for carbon emissions in the Netherlands. Despite major land disputes, the project remains certified as well managed by the Forest Stewardship Council.
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GE Trees: No solution to climate change
1 MarThe UN has included GE trees as a possible means of combatting climate change. It won’t work.
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GM trees and the Kyoto Protocol
28 JanAn interview I did on 3CR Community Radio Melbourne. Adam Breasley asked the questions.
Large dams, climate change and forced evictions
23 JanDam building companies are looking to gain new subsidies through carbon financing. At the same time, they refuse to avoid projects which involve forced evictions.
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Climate change negotiations: Time for a change
22 JanWhy is the US so influential in climate negotiations? A report from the international climate negotiations in Buenos Aires, December 2004.
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Emissions trade instead of climate protection
1 NovWhy planting trees does not compensate for flying
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The carbon spin doctors: How the World Bank explains emissions trading to journalists
16 Jul At a workshop at the Carbon Expo in Cologne, the World Bank explained why it is creating a new commodity: carbon.
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Genetically modified trees cause memory loss
26 MayThe United Nations Forum on Forests failed (once again) to discuss GM trees.
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Hot air, fake science and genetically modified trees
26 MarGM trees enter the Kyoto Protocol’s “clean development mechanism”.
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Laos: Ecosecurities helps ADB provide carbon subsidies to the pulp industry
25 NovThe Asian Development Bank’s big plans for plantations in Laos might include carbon dumps.
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Carbon dumping in the Mekong region
1 OctHow the North is attempting to evade both its responsibility for global warming and the need to reduce emissions at home.
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