Oakland Institute: Sweden Displaces Ugandan Farmers for Carbon Trading

Forest News, Press Releases

Green Resources’ pine plantation in Kachung. Photo: Kristen Lyons/The Oakland Institute. A new briefing paper by The Oakland Institute brings forward evidence that the Norwegian forestry and carbon credit company, Green Resources, evicted villagers around their tree plantation in Kachung, Uganda. The Swedish Energy Agency purchases carbon credits from Green Resources. The establishment of the large-scaleplantation on land previously used by…

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Feedback on stepping up EU action against deforestation and forest degradation

Forest News, Press Releases

The climate is used as a pretext to increase forest harvests. Photo: Pixabay Protect the Forest gives feedback on European Commission’s initiative to step up EU action against deforestation and forest degradation. The NGO calls on the EU to prevent forest companies from logging high conservation value forests and to establish large-scale tree plantations. The growing…

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Has the Swedish Energy Agency suspended its climate agreement with Green Resources in Uganda?

Forest News, Press Releases

  The monoculture pine plantation in Kachung. Native species are cleared to make way for large tracts of single species pine and eucalypt. Photo: Kristen Lyons. Yesterday, Oakland Institute sent a letter together with Protect the Forest, Climate Action Sweden, Friends of the Earth Sweden, Nature and Youth Norway, Timberwatch South Africa and Justica Ambiental…

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Reply from Afrikagrupperna (African Groups of Sweden) to Green Resources on plantation in Uganda

Forest News

Karin Edstedt, member of Afrikagrupperna (African Groups of Sweden), has studied the consequences of the Norwegian company Green Resources plantation activities in Uganda. She wrote two blog posts about this on Afrikagrupperna’s website in April 2018 (only in Swedish). Green Resources reacted on the blog posts and wrote a letter to Afrikagrupperna.  Karin Edstedt has written a reply…

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