The pressure to capitalise on nature
- Real Farming Trust
- 30 May 2023
Carbon credit schemes are not just flawed as climate solutions; they have perpetrated devastating human rights abuses and land grabs.
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Eni and Sonangol expand cooperation in decarbonization and sustainable energy transition areas
- ENI
- 24 May 2023
Under the terms of the MoU, Eni and Sonangol will jointly identify and assess opportunities in agro-industrial supply chains in Angola for the production of low carbon fuels.
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'Scandal of corporate tree planting should be stopped'
- Wales Farmer
- 18 May 2023
A Welsh lamb producer is calling for an end to mass tree planting to achieve corporate carbon offsetting goals after four farms in his community were snapped up by investors from outside agriculture.
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BP targets farms and feedstock as biofuel race gathers pace
- Reuters
- 17 May 2023
BP is considering investing directly in farming what are known as cover crops its rival Eni has already invested in building large feedstock farming operations in Kenya.
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Australian agricultural fund eyes biodiversity, carbon credits
- Carbon Pulse
- 04 May 2023
Kilter Rural launches a $333.7 mln agriculture fund that will buy and develop 21,000 hectares of farmland in Southeastern Australia, creating biodiversity and carbon credits in the process.
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The “net zero” squeeze on peasants’ rights and land
- FOE
- 17 Apr 2023
A new rush for “carbon removals” and “offsets” from land, forests and oceans is ramping up repression under the guise of providing “nature based solutions” to the ecological crises.
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Cambodia: Rubber plantations, protected areas, REDD+ and other threats: A dramatic loss for forest dwellers
- WRM Bulletin
- 30 Mar 2023
Forests in Cambodia have seen large-scale deforestation with rubber and cassava plantations, illegal logging and other economic interests, but despite the criminalisation, communities are fighting back
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TotalEnergies: entre as estratégias de greenwashing e a expansão de combustíveis fósseis.
- 16 Mar 2023
A petroleira TotalEnergies aterrissa no Brasil no setor de energia eólica com um histórico de greenwashing, expulsão de cidades inteiras e investimentos em combustíveis fósseis no continente africano.
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Des paysans expulsés pour des crédits carbone au Congo
- DW
- 07 Feb 2023
Des centaines d’agriculteurs ne peuvent plus cultiver leurs champs dans la localité de Ngo, située dans le département des Plateaux Batéké, à 250 kilomètres au nord de Brazzaville, en République du Congo. La raison de leur expulsion : le groupe pétrolier TotalEnergies veut y créer une plantation d'acacias et ainsi obtenir une compensation carbone.
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Derrière le « greenwashing » de TotalEnergies, l’expropriation de paysans au Congo
- Mediapart
- 12 Dec 2022
Mediapart dévoile des documents internes au gouvernement congolais et des témoignages prouvant que TotalEnergies s’est approprié des terres d’agriculteurs sans leur libre consentement
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‘How are we going to live?’ Families dispossessed of their land to make way for Total’s Congo offsetting project
- Unearthed
- 12 Dec 2022
Local farmers say they can no longer afford to send children to school after the oil giant’s 40,000 hectare tree plantation barred them from their fields
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COP27 : « Trop de projets de compensation carbone violent les droits humains »
- Mediapart
- 17 Nov 2022
Les marchés carbone exercent une pression foncière énorme sur les terres agricoles ou forestières, explique Myrto Tilianaki, de l’ONG CCFD-Terre Solidaire.
