Portel

Crooked Carbon Business: Carbon offset projects in Portel, Brazil

Communities complain of being “left with nothing, not even the right to do what they’d done before”.

Nov 13, 2025 • Chris Lang

Washington Post’s investigation into “carbon cowboys” in the Brazilian Amazon focusses on Michael Greene’s REDD projects

The investigation found that more than half of all REDD projects in the Amazon overlapped with public land.

Jul 29, 2024 • Chris Lang

“In practice, these projects don’t exist.” The Portel REDD projects in Brazil face accusations of “fraud” and “land grabbing”

No surprise, really. REDD is unregulated and riddled with conflicts of interest.

Nov 20, 2023 • Chris Lang

Four REDD projects in Portel, Brazil: Profits for intermediaries, offsets for Big Polluters, and land conflicts for communities

There are four REDD projects in the municipality of Portel in the state of Pará, Brazil covering a total area of more than 700,000 hectares.

Apr 12, 2023 • Chris Lang

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