Apr 15, 2016 | Featured, Forests, Rainforest, Social Media News
In September 2015 Re:Common and the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) carried out a joint field visit to investigate the Rio Tinto QMM biodiversity offset project in the Anosy region of south-eastern Madagascar. On the occasion of the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April in...
Mar 21, 2016 | all other, Bioeconomy, Carbon Markets / Carbon Offsets, Food Sovereignty, Forests, Rainforest, REDD, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
Originally published by the World Rainforest Movement: As we have already argued in previous bulletins, it is absurd to accept the idea that companies can freely destroy an area—for example to conduct mining activities—as long as they “offset” these activities. The...