Livelihoods Funds

Stop carbon credit trading by the Danone Group in Aceh’s mangrove forests!

Letter to Livelihoods Fund, VERRA, and Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry from 72 organisations.

Jun 18 • Chris Lang

“Ghost carbon.” How the Livelihoods’ Mangrove Restoration project in Senegal overestimated how many carbon credits the project generated

Ghost carbon “has no benefit to people or the environment”.

Jun 9 • Chris Lang

Crooked Carbon Business: Livelihoods’ Mangrove Restoration project in Senegal

Substandard wages for villagers. Carbon credits for corporations.

Jan 16 • Chris Lang

Colonial conservation at work: Mangrove replanting in Sénégal for carbon offsets

The Senegalese villagers who did most of the work saw about 5% of the money.

Sep 3, 2024 • Chris Lang

The Araku Valley Livelihood Project in India generates carbon credits to make Evian bottled water “carbon neutral”. But villagers have…

Villagers plant trees on their land but have signed away carbon rights.

Oct 23, 2023 • Chris Lang

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