La gageure REDD

The document critiques the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism, asserting that it prioritizes private finance and corporate interests over indigenous rights and genuine climate mitigation. Through case studies in Indonesia, Mozambique, and Peru, it demonstrates how REDD projects can exacerbate land conflicts, threaten food security, and fail to achieve carbon reduction goals. The report concludes that REDD is a 'false solution' that allows industrial polluters in the Global North to continue emitting via carbon offsets. It proposes an alternative based on community-led forest management, the resolution of land tenure issues, and a systemic reduction in the consumption of resources by rich countries.

• REDD is characterized as a 'false solution' to climate change because it facilitates the continued use of fossil fuels through carbon offsets and exacerbates tensions over land and resource rights.
• The mechanism often increases conflicts over land ownership by giving governments financial incentives to maintain or reclaim state ownership of forests, potentially displacing indigenous peoples.
• The Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP) in Indonesia failed to meet its goals, was accused of ignoring Dayak traditional knowledge, and was eventually suspended by the Australian government.
• The N’hambita project in Mozambique demonstrated financial instability and social failure, with farmers bound by 100-year contracts while payments ceased after seven years, leading to food insecurity.
• In Peru, REDD+ is used to provide 'green' credentials to corporations and distract from the country's own economic policies that promote deforestation through oil, gas, and hydroelectric projects.
• Carbon offsets linked to REDD allow industrial polluters in developed regions, such as the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, to avoid reducing their own emissions.
• The report argues that community-managed forests are more effective at reducing deforestation than strictly protected areas and are more aligned with human rights instruments.
• A fundamental flaw in REDD is its failure to address the root causes of deforestation, specifically the overconsumption of food, wood, and metals by wealthy nations and elites.

APA

Hall, R. (2014). La gageure REDD. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/12-foei-REDD-report-fr-03-lr.pdf

Chicago

Hall, Ronnie. La gageure REDD. Friends of the Earth International, 2014. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/12-foei-REDD-report-fr-03-lr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hall2014gageure, author = {Hall, Ronnie}, title = {{La gageure REDD}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/12-foei-REDD-report-fr-03-lr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }