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Media Release: Sumatran Forest Carbon Deal slammed by Australian and Indonesian environment groups
Tags:Fri 12 Mar 10
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) and WAHLI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) have come out strongly in opposition to the new Australian-Indonesian Forest Carbon Partnership announced to coincide with the Indonesian President’s visit to Canberra. The REDD (Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Degradation) trial project will be located in the Jambi province and receive A$30 million in funding from the International Forest Carbon Initiative (IFCI), which is jointly managed by the Department of Climate Change and AusAID. "This raises human rights concerns and bad climate policy given that enhancing local control and management of forested areas by Indigenous and local communities is the best way to reduce deforestation" said James Goodman.
Read moreJambi Indonesian farmers and environmentalists reject REDD+ Program Australia-Indonesia
Tags:Fri 12 Mar 10
Australia REDD offset model violates Australia's international obligations and should be considered as a fraud: the scheme aims to reduce deforestation is not, in fact aims to create a source of cheap credit for the increase in emissions in Australia.
Read moreThe Climate Movement is Dead: Long Live the Climate Movement: Rising Tide North America publication
Fri 12 Mar 10
In the aftermath of the COP15 talks in Copenhagen, the inability of the Big Greens, governments, and market approaches to find genuine and sustainable solutions to climate change is undeniable. As author Naomi Klein so aptly observed at the end of COP15 talks, “A particular model of dealing with climate change is dying.”
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NEW REPORT RELEASED: What a Scam! Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen
Wed 25 Nov 09
Today, Friends of the Earth Australia and AidWatch are releasing a joint report ‘What a Scam – Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen’, examining the Australian and Indonesian Governments’ program to create carbon ‘offsets’ from reduced deforestation. The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will allow 100% of Australian emissions reductions to be found offshore. Indonesia is the first target, with the AusAid funded Kalimantan Forests and Climate Project designed to establish reduced deforestation as an acceptable offset.
Read moreNow available for download: Climate Justice Kit!
Sun 25 Oct 09
Friends of the Earth Sydney Collective is proud to unveil our new Climate Justice Kit! We created it to be a resource for climate justice action – for people organising in their communities and in their workplaces. Download it by clicking through to this page, or from http://tiny.cc/JmgXh
Read moreAbout Friends of the Earth Sydney
Friends of the Earth Sydney is a community-based collective working for social and environmental justice. In 2009, we are campaigning against dangerous carbon offsetting projects and dodgy carbon trading schemes, standing up against the polluting coal industry and taking action for climate justice.
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