Posición sobre REDD (Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los bosques)

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) opposes REDD, arguing that carbon markets and financial incentives fail to address the root causes of climate change and instead lead to 'green grabbing' and the erosion of traditional forest management. The document contends that REDD shifts responsibility away from industrialized nations and threatens the land rights and cultural values of forest-dependent populations. FoEI proposes an alternative based on the legal recognition of Indigenous and community land rights, collective forest management, and a structural transition away from fossil fuels based on climate justice.

• REDD mechanisms are fundamentally flawed because they treat forests as mere 'carbon sinks' and commodities, ignoring their complex social structures and biodiversity. This approach allows industrialized nations to avoid their responsibility to reduce fossil fuel emissions by using carbon offsets, which FoEI argues do not achieve permanent reductions.
• The implementation of REDD has led to adverse effects in several countries, including the promotion of displacement policies in Mexico and Kenya, the potential destruction of forests in Guyana and Indonesia, and the undermining of community resource control in Panama and Brazil.
• Carbon markets associated with REDD create perverse incentives, such as encouraging governments to maintain high levels of planned deforestation to generate more credits. Furthermore, these markets are prone to corruption, fraud, and 'green grabbing' by financial elites.
• REDD violates the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities by ignoring traditional land tenure and failing to adhere to the principle of free, prior, and informed consent. In places like Chiapas, Mexico, it has exacerbated existing community conflicts and criminalized traditional forest management practices.
• The financial incentive model of REDD replaces deep-seated cultural and spiritual values of forest care with a monetary price. This creates a dependency on payments that can lead to future deforestation once project funding ends, as traditional knowledge and values are eroded.
• FoEI advocates for a model based on climate justice and the strengthening of community rights. Evidence from the Brazilian Legal Amazon suggests that Indigenous lands are more effective at containing deforestation than state-managed conservation units.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Posición sobre REDD (Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los bosques). https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/redd-foei-paper-español.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Posición sobre REDD (Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los bosques). n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/redd-foei-paper-español.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Friends of the Earth International |title=Posición sobre REDD (Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los bosques) |url=https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/redd-foei-paper-español.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternationalndposicin, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Posición sobre REDD (Reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación de los bosques)}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/redd-foei-paper-español.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }