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Carbon colonialism: The Makira REDD project in Madagascar
“The forest remained. The cost was absorbed within the community.”
 • Chris Lang
Communities in Zimbabwe received nothing from carbon credit sales in C-Quest’s cookstove projects
A new report by Swedwatch and Green Governance Africa exposes “missing benefit sharing and poor community engagement”.
 • Chris Lang
Six Malagasy civil society organisations have written to Verra to complain about Tozzi Green’s carbon plantation land grab in Madagascar
Local communities have been protesting against the company’s operations for more than a decade.
 • Chris Lang
“The launch of 500 million Carbon Coins appears to be inconsistent” with the Verra Registry Terms
“Verra is currently assessing the matter to determine the appropriate next steps.”
 • Chris Lang
Crooked Carbon Business: Livelihoods’ Mangrove Restoration project in Senegal
Substandard wages for villagers. Carbon credits for corporations.
 • Chris Lang
China Carbon Neutral Development Group has issued 500 million “Carbon Coins”
Blockchain-based tokens backed by 500,000 carbon credits on Verra’s registry.
 • Chris Lang
Caveat emptor: Auditors can’t save carbon offsets
The authors of an editorial in Science magazine reply to carbon offsetting industry responses to their critique.
 • Chris Lang
Statement opposing the Mejuruá REDD project in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
The project developer, BR Arbo, is accused of harassing, pressuring, and co-opting local communities, and spreading disinformation.
 • Chris Lang
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents”
 • Chris Lang
Crooked Carbon Business: Marudi Forest Conservation and Restoration Project, Malaysia
Samling could profit from a carbon project that Indigenous Peoples oppose.
 • Chris Lang
Crooked Carbon Business: Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project, Kenya
This week’s briefing by Simon Counsell and Jutta Kill looks at the Northern Kenya Grasslands Carbon Project in Kenya. The briefing can be downloaded…
 • Chris Lang
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”.
 • Chris Lang
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