redd: les réalités noir sur blanc

The report critiques the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) framework, highlighting how its implementation often leads to the marginalization of indigenous communities and the privatization of forest resources. Through case studies in countries like Indonesia, Mexico, and Paraguay, it argues that REDD is being used by transnational energy companies to 'greenwash' their images while continuing fossil fuel extraction. The document warns that linking REDD to unstable carbon markets and allowing monoculture plantations may undermine actual emission reductions and exacerbate land conflicts.

• REDD has the potential to increase inequalities and benefit transnational investors while providing few benefits or causing harm to forest-dependent populations.
• Large energy and high-consumption companies are using REDD to project an environmentally friendly image while continuing to extract fossil fuels and potentially earning hundreds of millions of dollars.
• There is a significant risk that REDD will lead to the privatization of global forest resources, transferring control from indigenous and local communities to carbon traders and bankers.
• The 'leakage' effect—where deforestation simply moves to a different location—threatens the effectiveness of REDD projects, particularly if the demand for timber and agricultural products remains high.
• The inclusion of monoculture plantations in REDD could lead to the replacement of old-growth forests, which store at least five times more carbon, with fast-growing trees of low carbon storage.
• Indigenous peoples and local communities are frequently excluded from REDD consultations, and their rights to free, prior, and informed consent are often ignored to accelerate project implementation.
• In Mexico, the ProArbol program serves as a cautionary example of failure, with reports that 90% of trees planted in 2007 died and funds were diverted to electoral campaigns.
• The Costa Rican Payment for Environmental Services (PES) system is described as a 'myth' because it relies 90% on a fuel tax rather than carbon markets and has had minimal impact on poverty or deforestation rates.
• In Indonesia's Ulu Masen project, experts suggest that the project may have no net effect on national greenhouse gas emissions due to high leakage and the fact that many emissions occur in areas not officially defined as forests.
• Linking REDD to carbon markets exposes climate mitigation efforts to the instability and unpredictability of commodity prices, risking a crisis similar to the subprime mortgage collapse.

APA

Hall, R., Lechón, D., Valdomir, S., Villareal, A., Siakor, S., Yiah, J., Bassey, N., Lahn, B., Lovera, S., Peña, E. D., Baltodano, J., Mann, T., & Surya, T. (2010). redd: les réalités noir sur blanc. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/REDD-frances-final-17-11.pdf

Chicago

Hall, Ronnie, Domingo Lechón, Sebastián Valdomir, Alberto Villareal, Silas Siakor, Jonathan Yiah, Nnimmo Bassey, et al. redd: les réalités noir sur blanc. Friends of the Earth International, 2010. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/REDD-frances-final-17-11.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hall2010redd, author = {Hall, Ronnie and Lechón, Domingo and Valdomir, Sebastián and Villareal, Alberto and Siakor, Silas and Yiah, Jonathan and Bassey, Nnimmo and Lahn, Bard and Lovera, Simone and Peña, Elías Díaz and Baltodano, Javier and Mann, Tim and Surya, Teguh}, title = {{redd: les réalités noir sur blanc}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2010}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/REDD-frances-final-17-11.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }