Alexandra Benjamin

Focused on #forests & the people that need them @Fern_NGO | @YaleFES, @CUBoulder, @Fulbright alum, She/her. | Views are my own & Retweets/likes ≠ endorsement |

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

Liberian & international NGOs are mounting pressure on @BlueCarbonDxb to halt this 1 million hectare #carbon deal which could have a horrible impact on Liberian communities. Please reach out if you are willing to sign on to this international statement.
#COP28 #offsetting

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

NGOs call on Blue Carbon and the Government of #Liberia to halt the #carbon deal that would give an #offsetting company the right to manage 1 million hectares of 🇱🇷 forests for 30 years & will have a devastating effect on communities' livelihoods:

https://t.co/XqXYuRGID8

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

We believe in an environmentally, economically and socially just world where people influence, improve and help implement decisions that affect them, their forests and the climate. As @X is increasingly reducing space for such issues, we are no longer active on this platform.

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

“At Cop28 countries will discuss the rules for carbon offsetting... negotiators should call these deals what they are: land grabs. Forest communities must have free prior and informed consent before any [offset] deal is signed." @alexjbenjamin in @guardianeco.

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

Today @Fern_NGO with 38 NGOs are calling out @BlueCarbonDxb’s deals for what they are - a massive land grab! Let’s center #forest community voices & stop using #Article6 to enable corporates to dispossess communities of their land! No more #carbon land grabs of forests! 🌳

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Blue Carbon’s 25 million hectare #CarbonOffsetting African land-grab does nothing for the climate but will exacerbate injustices for those depending on their forests.

Together with 38 NGOs, we call on #COP28 to fight for real solutions: https://t.co/qakUw2H26Y

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Africa’s forests are being carved up in the name of protecting the planet.

Those opposing this carbon colonialism must stand firm, says @alexjbenjamin in Mongabay, writing on the Scramble for Africa’s forests.

#COP28UAE #CarbonOffsets

https://t.co/vHHuKtCJul

[Alex Reid @AlexHREID]

🚨Quietly released UK govt data shows in 2021, UK agri-commodity consumption contributed to 30k+ hectares of global forest clearance, an area 3x the city of Manchester.

Crop-related clearance drove loss of est. 71 species from their regional habitats: https://t.co/uklG81s3tJ

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

74 organisations (including @Fern_NGO) have written to @RishiSunak calling on the #UK government to honour its previous to international #climatefinance.

[CAN-UK @CAN_UK_]

Today 74 organisations from across the UK have written to the Prime Minister @RishiSunak to call on the government to reverse recent changes to UK international climate finance that failure to deliver for countries and communities on the front line of the climate crisis.

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[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

Amazing video - @LastWeekTonight breaking down the cost of #chocolate. Farmers who make your chocolate don't earn enough to afford to taste it. Farmers only receive 6% of the profits of a chocolate bar. Farmers deserve a #livingincome. https://t.co/6Q47f7Kpfe

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Industries are looking to replace everything from plastic to concrete with biomass alternatives, thereby increasing wood demand.
Together with @denkhausbremen we investigate the impact on forests and what a sustainable shift to a #bioeconomy can look like: https://t.co/0eBEig0gGz

[Real Zero Europe @RealZeroEurope]

Today @EP_Environment votes on the #CRCF. Last year, we condemned with >200 CSOs the @EU_Commission’s proposal to approve new carbon removal #offsets. We urge ENVI MEPs today, to not revive a failed climate solution! We need real solutions & #RealZero!

https://t.co/IWgr5RYt8f

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Yesterday, @EP_Environment voted to ban all superfluous packaging, including paper, in the #PPWR
The paper and single-use industries will fight to remove this ban in the plenary vote next month.
Our analysis & reaction👇
https://t.co/hOAv5JIYFP
#MakeThrowAwayGoAway #WeChooseReuse

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

A call to action! The #EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDD) needs to uphold international rights by including free prior and informed consent (#FPIC), right to determination, and right to lands, territories and resources.

[Forest Peoples Programme @ForestPeoplesP]

#OpenLetter

#Indigenous and tribal peoples from around the world, supported by 50+ NGOs are urging the #EU to uphold their internationally recognised rights in its Directive on Corporate #DueDiligence.

📢 Read more - https://t.co/HWk0gVByZ9

#OurForests #OurResponsibility

[European Union in Ghana @EuropeInGhana]

Ghana 🇬🇭 will become the 1st African nation to issue licenses verifying timber legality to the EU 🇪🇺!

This milestone reinforces EU 🇪🇺 and Ghana's🇬🇭 commitment to #SustainableForestry 🌳✨

@IrchadR @fcghana2020 @SamuelAJinapor @mlnrgovgh

More here ⤵️
https://t.co/qiOZacmCu1

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

Ghana 🇬🇭 will become the 1st African country to issue #FLEGT licenses - a📄which shows that #timber 🪵 & #wood products imported from #Ghana➡️#EU are legally made. A big milestone for Ghanaian & EU NGOs, govt & industry @CivicResponse @mlnrgovgh @EU_Partnerships @EuropeInGhana

[Amb. Irchad Ramiandrasoa Razaaly @IrchadR]

Proud to see Ghana on the way to being 1st African country to issue #FLEGT licences. Better forests management, better value-addition.
High level meeting with @KoenDoens and signing of Ghana-EU aide mémoire are key building blocks #EUGreendeal #COP28 #GlobalGateway

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

With the support of @vonderleyen, big polluters are rushing to buy millions of hectares of land in Africa pretending to offset their emissions – even though we know it doesn’t work.
This endangers livelihoods in Africa and undermines national sovereignty: https://t.co/dEmLWxWXeg

[Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope]

🤦A former @Shell employee is NOT fit to lead EU's climate agenda,so why is @EU_Commission nominating one to be climate commissioner?
How can we transition away from #FossilFuels if industry leads climate policy?
📝 #NoToHoekstra4Climate sign the pettion👇
https://t.co/25fQyev954

[Alexandra Benjamin @alexjbenjamin]

"Britain’s international reputation damaged due to aid cuts and ‘rushed’ merger, says watchdog" How can we enforce environmental & human rights legislations without ample support to those in need?
https://t.co/lQajByuDEp

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Every year, three billion trees are cut down for paper packaging!

📢 Join people from all over the #EU calling on decision-makers to protect forests by promoting reuse and throwing single-use in the bin!

#MakeThrowAwayGoAway #PPWR #WeChooseReuse #packaging #reuse

[Milieudefensie @milieudefensie]

A new carbon deal between a Dubai-based company and the government of Liberia will greenwash pollution, harm human rights and do nothing to stop #deforestation.

@AfClimateSummit Stop the deal and start taking real solutions that benefit Liberians.

#ACS23
https://t.co/ZuTLgcQooo

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

Liberia is set to give a #UAE company near-total control of its remaining intact rainforests for the next 30 years.

@unkyoka on the #greenwashing carbon offset deal threatening Liberia's hard-won community land rights.

https://t.co/EUPUl0VguJ