Nu har Peru udstedt arrestordre på ham efter at han angiveligt franarrede indianerne vidtstrakte regnskovsområder ved at love dem astronomiske beløb fra et FN-program, som skal nedbringe udledningen af CO2 i atmosfæren.
Det illustrerer, hvordan klimaløsninger som eksempelvis FNs program REDD+ risikerer at skade marginaliserede grupper, mens pengene ender i lommerne på korrupte regeringer, skriver korruptionsvagthunden Transparency International, som nu udgiver en guide til, hvordan man undgår korruption i REDD+.
BERLIN, October 26, 2012: A judge in Peru’s northern Maynas province last month issued a warrant for the arrest of an Australian property developer.
Locals interviewed for an Australian documentary claimed that the developer had been striking deals with illiterate (analfabeter) indigenous tribes in the Amazon, Transparency International writes on their homepage Friday.
Tapping figures into his calculator, the developer allegedly told landowners – who preside over hundreds of thousands of hectares – that they could earn billions of dollars from carbon credits (penge for at reducere udledningen af CO2 i atmosfæren).
The developer’s contracts reportedly give him control of the rainforest for 200 years, and half of all profits.
As this case demonstrates, forest economies are changing. We are beginning to realise that trees are worth far more standing than they are cut down. As cars, planes and coal plants continue to belt out heat-trapping gases, forests defuse (modvirker) their damage by absorbing carbon dioxide.
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Forest carbon projects like REDD+ (Reducing Emissions for Defore-station and Forest Degradation) are an important acknowledgement of this.
By investing in forest conservation they aim to avert trillions of dollars in climate damage each year. Yet these schemes are bringing new money into a sector that is already rife with corruption, so risk abounds.
Many of the world’s most densely forested countries have a poor track record for corruption. Politicians have been known to accept bribes – sometimes huge – to grant companies access to forest zones that should be protected.
Meanwhile, some local communities have been forcefully removed from their homes in order to clear the way for forest exploitation.
REDD+ will inherit many of the corruption risks that have long beset the forestry sector, but it also brings with it new ones. Carbon is intangible, and so difficult to quantify (sætte på mål og vægt).
This opens the door to mistakes or manipulation – both of data and of people. Given the remoteness of REDD+ sites there may be no easy way of knowing whether a project is authentic or bogus (luftkasteller). And forest communities may be marginalised from decision-making and profits.
Forest carbon projects are very new and policy is still taking shape. At this critical stage, Keeping REDD+ clean shows the reader how to identify risks in REDD+ countries and find solutions.
The book from Transparency International is already being used by the organizations national chapters in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam – all home to vast swathes of tropical forest.
The new step-by-step guide, Keeping REDD+ clean, is aimed at guarding REDD+ against corruption, before it sets in.
Man kan downloade guiden fra
http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/uprooting_corruption_not_trees
Om REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development.
“REDD+” goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation, and includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
It is predicted that financial flows for greenhouse gas emission reductions from REDD+ could reach up to 30 billion US dollar a year.
This significant North-South flow of funds could reward a meaningful reduction of carbon emissions and could also support new, pro-poor development, help conserve biodiversity and secure vital ecosystem services.
Se meget mere om REDD+ på
http://www.un-redd.org/aboutredd/tabid/582/default.aspx
Danmark deler for tiden en plads i bestyrelsen for REDD+ med Spanien.
