Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a policy that asks polluters to offset their pollution by paying governments to protect forests. But is it working? On this edition, we take a closer look at this policy and ask, is it a plan to save the planet, or just sell it off? We’ll hear from indigenous activists and extracts from “A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests” by Jeff Conant, narrated by Dania Cabello. A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests is a production of the Global Justice Ecology Project and Global Forest Coalition.



Featuring:

Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project director; Pavan Sukhdev, UN Environment Programme’s Green Economy Initiative former head; Robert Zoellick, World Bank president; Gustavo Castro, Otros Mundos director; Osmarino Amancio Rodriguez, Rubber Tapers Union of Acre president; Elder Andrade de Paula, Federal University of Acre professor; Leticia Yawanawa, Union of Indigenous Women of the Brazilian Amazon; Alegría De La Cruz, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment attorney; Henry Clarke, West County Toxics Coalition director; Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network executive director.

For more information:

UN REDD Program

http://www.un-redd.org/


No REDD+

http://no-redd.com/exposing-redd-the-false-climate-solution/
 

REDD Monitor

http://redd-monitor.org

Carbon Trade Watch

http://www.carbontradewatch.org/

Articles & Video:



REDD In Doha: What You Need To Know (And How You Can Get To Know It)
http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=9443&section=news_articles&eod=1

Murder on the Carbon Express: Interpol Takes On Emissions Fraud
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2010/10/interpol-carbon-trading-fraud

The dark side of the green economy: 'Green grabbing'
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/201261885431273708.html

Trailer: A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJaQGFLp7lM