Statements
In India, civil society organisations issue a Joint Statement on REDD Climate Schemes, expressing their concern about "the attempt of government and corporate interests to use climate change negotiations to illegally and unjustly enhance their control over forests and forest dwellers' resource" in India.
FERN statement on CDM at ASTM Press conference 08 October 2007
FERN letter to the CDM Executive Board regarding the Vallourec & Mannesmann CDM project in Brasil. July 2007
FERN comment to the CDM Executive Board regarding changes to CDM rules for afforestation projects. June 2007
V&M methodology rejected AGAIN! FERN press release on the second-time rejection of the V&M do Brasil proposed CDM project involving large scale tree plantations for charcoal.
Letter by Brazilian organisations, trade unions and individuals calling on CDM Executive Board to exclude 'avoided fuel switch' plantation projects from Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. English. Portuguese.
Explanatory Briefing on avoided fuel switch projects and the CDM approval process for project methodologies.
Environmentalists Cry Foul Environmental and social justice groups including SinksWatch launch protests against Future Forests and Climate Care over the UK-based firms' claims to make their clients' products and services harmless to the climate.
Complaint to the British Advertising Standards Authority over UK-based Climate Care's claims to render its clients' products and services harmless to the climate.
Letter urging Members of the European Parliament's Environment Committee to exclude sinks project from EU Linking Directive. February 2004
Nothing Prevents FSC Certification? WRM reply to the renewal of Plantar's Forest Stewardship Council Certificate. December 2003
Brazilian NGO letter to the World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund and PCF Investors regarding Plantar tree plantation project. March 2003.
Brazilian NGO letter demanding apology from World Bank for spreading incorrect allegation about falsified signature list.
Fourth Brazilian NGO letter. Brazilian groups call for direct dialogue between the World Bank and signatories of letters demanding that PCF investors reject Plantar carbon credits. December 2003
Joint NGO letter to European Governments on voluntary technology exclusion for CDM credits http://www.cdmwatch.org/quality-restrictions.php
Joint FERN, WWF, RSBP comments on the draft ECCP WG report on forest-related carbon sinks under articles 3.3,3.4 and 6 of the Kyoto Protocol (use of carbon sinks credits within industrialised countries). December 2002.