Cutting Corners

World Bank’s forest and carbon fund fails forests and peoples1

Kate Dooley, Tom Griffiths, Helen Leake, Saskia OzingaNovember 2008

Cutting Corners

World Bank’s forest and carbon fund fails forests and peoples

Cutting Corners

World Bank’s forest and carbon fund fails forests and peoples2

Authors: Kate Dooley, Tom Griffiths, Helen Leake, Saskia OzingaCover photo: Many government proposals for REDD include requests to support loggingoperations to become ‘sustainable’, rather than support for clarification of tenure rights andforest sector reform. Photo Carol YongPhoto credits: Tom Griffiths, John Nelson, Dorothy Jackson, Carol YongDesign: Daan van Beek FERN office UK 1C Fosseway Business Centre, Stratford Road, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK FERN office Brussels4 Avenue de l’Yser, 1040 Brussels, Belgiumwww.fern.orgForest Peoples Programme1C Fosseway Business Centre, Stratford Road, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK www.forestpeoples.org© FERN / Forest Peoples Programme, November 2008 This material is offered free of charge for personal and non-commercial use, provided thesource is acknowledged. For commercial or any other use, prior written permission must beobtained from FERN or Forest Peoples Programme. In no case may this material be altered,sold or rented.