redd: as realidades em branco e preto

The report critiques the 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries' (REDD) mechanism, highlighting how it can exacerbate inequality and privatize forest resources. Through case studies in countries like Indonesia, Mexico, and Paraguay, it demonstrates that REDD projects often exclude indigenous communities from decision-making and serve as a 'greenwash' for fossil fuel and logging companies. The document warns that without reducing demand for agricultural commodities and timber, REDD may lead to 'leakage,' where deforestation simply shifts to other areas, rendering the mechanism ineffective for global climate mitigation.

• REDD is emerging as a mechanism that may increase inequality by providing large rewards to corporations and investors while offering minimal benefits or creating disadvantages for indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities.
• Transnational corporations in the energy and energy-intensive sectors are using REDD to improve their public image as climate champions while continuing or expanding fossil fuel extraction, a process described as 'greenwashing'.
• 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 effectiveness of REDD is threatened by 'leakage,' where deforestation activities simply move to other locations because the underlying demand for timber and agricultural commodities remains high.
• In Mexico, the ProArbol program, which uses Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) similar to REDD, has been plagued by corruption and failure, with 90% of trees planted in 2007 dying.
• The Ulu Masen project in Indonesia's Aceh province demonstrates that rapid implementation often comes at the expense of genuine community consultation and the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).
• In Paraguay, the Forest Conservation Project has been criticized for violating indigenous rights and ignoring the lack of consent from isolated peoples, while the project's managers explicitly stated they would not delay for lengthy consultation processes.
• The Guaraqueçaba project in Brazil, funded by companies like General Motors and Chevron Texaco, has resulted in local traditional inhabitants facing poverty, movement restrictions, and intimidation by armed guards.
• The report argues against linking REDD to carbon markets due to the volatility of carbon prices and the risk that it allows industrialized nations to avoid real emission reductions through offsets.

APA

Hall, R., Lechon, D., Siakor, S., Yiah, J., Osarogiagbon, R., Lahn, B., Lovera, S., Peña, E. D., Baltodano, J., Mann, T., & Surya, T. (2010). redd: as realidades em branco e preto. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/REDD-portuges-alta.pdf

Chicago

Hall, Ronnie, Domingo Lechon, Silas Siakor, Jonathan Yiah, Rita Osarogiagbon, Bard Lahn, Simone Lovera, et al. redd: as realidades em branco e preto. Friends of the Earth International, 2010. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/REDD-portuges-alta.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hall2010redd, author = {Hall, Ronnie and Lechon, Domingo and Siakor, Silas and Yiah, Jonathan and Osarogiagbon, Rita and Lahn, Bard and Lovera, Simone and Peña, Elías Díaz and Baltodano, Javier and Mann, Tim and Surya, Teguh}, title = {{redd: as realidades em branco e preto}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2010}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/REDD-portuges-alta.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }