While all people everywhere are now "chickens in a cage" under neoliberal rule, these Indigenous people face the ever-advancing front of the new eco-colonial frontier, in the never-ending rush to extract every last valuable thing from the planet, turning all to cash which finds its way into the pockets of the uber-wealthy. What's not to like?
What really struck me about the Keo Seima REDD case is how blatantly money-grubbing these project developers could be. The possibility of bribery for impunity for deforestation is fundamentally at odds with the goal of carbon offsetting; and the fact that this project is built on a designated protected area simply ignores the basic additionality concern of the project. I mean, I won't even go into how this project harms indigenous livelihoods and lands, even though market environmentalism would say these are junk offsets. How could Verra even approve them?
While all people everywhere are now "chickens in a cage" under neoliberal rule, these Indigenous people face the ever-advancing front of the new eco-colonial frontier, in the never-ending rush to extract every last valuable thing from the planet, turning all to cash which finds its way into the pockets of the uber-wealthy. What's not to like?
What really struck me about the Keo Seima REDD case is how blatantly money-grubbing these project developers could be. The possibility of bribery for impunity for deforestation is fundamentally at odds with the goal of carbon offsetting; and the fact that this project is built on a designated protected area simply ignores the basic additionality concern of the project. I mean, I won't even go into how this project harms indigenous livelihoods and lands, even though market environmentalism would say these are junk offsets. How could Verra even approve them?