This issue of the bulletin revisits an article written by WRM in 2017. In it, we showed how formal recognition of REDD+ in the Paris Agreement meant yet another possibility for corporations and big conservationist NGOs (the “conservation industry”) to appropriate financial resources. The article also dealt with the creation of REDD+ as a “conservation fad”, which served as a parameter for the channeling of resources from investment banks and governments of the global north, immediately also arousing interest among corporations of the food and consumer goods sectors. Read the article here.
The article deals with the creation of REDD+ as a “conservation fad”, which served as a parameter for the channeling of resources from investment banks and governments of the global north, immediately also arousing interest among corporations of the food and consumer goods sectors.