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“We are stuck like chickens in a cage.” How an Indigenous Bunong woman describes living in the Keo Seima REDD project in Cambodia
The project has serious impacts on the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples, while failing to stop deforestation.
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Chris Lang
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Legal victory for Indigenous pastoralists in Kenya
A major blow to the Northern Rangelands Trust’s Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon project.
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REDD myth no. 7: “Carbon markets can be fixed”
“The offset industry, riddled with conflicts of interest, is not fixable."
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ORF documentary visits the Northern Rangelands Trust project in Kenya: “We have not seen any money from CO₂ funds”
“Obviously the money from the carbon credits was misappropriated.”
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ORF documentary investigates the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia: “We are no longer allowed to use the forest. We are no longer allowed…
The REDD project prevents villagers from growing crops on their land.
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Carbon Market Watch files a complaint about Verra’s “review” of the Southern Cardamom REDD project in Cambodia
The complaint has been submitted to the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Market.
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Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market approves three REDD methodologies. Risk of millions of credits that are “non-additional…
The Oeko-Institute has withdrawn from the ICVCM. Two members of the Expert Panel have resigned.
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ORF documentary investigates Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia: “All empty promises”
Villagers have lost their livelihoods and parts of the forest are burning.
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The Guanaré carbon project: How a eucalyptus monoculture in Uruguay is greenwashing Big Polluters
British American Tobacco, easyJet, Ernst & Young, Lavazza, and Nivea have all bought carbon credits from the Guanaré project.
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Gabriel Labbate’s carbon market fallacies
The Global Team Leader of the UN-REDD programme at UNEP is promoting a false solution to the climate crisis.
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Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
Old carbon credits never die.
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Verra has sacked one-quarter of its staff
Do say, “restructuring”, “realigning”, “streamlining”. Don't say, “sacked”, “fired”, “laid off”.
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