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As COP28 prepares to pave the way for a massive expansion in the market for carbon credits, campaigners have warned that they now represent “as big a threat to Indigenous lands as logging and mining.” Indigenous rights organization Survival International ...
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Campaigners have warned that carbon credits now represent “as big a threat to Indigenous lands as logging and mining.”
While Indigenous peoples comprise just 6% of the global population, they manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million km2 in some 87 countries. In many places Indigenous peoples are effective custodians of biodiversity, lands, and seas while sustaining distinct cultural, social and economic values of their communities. Upholding the rights of these communities […]
FOE groups denounced a new report by Indonesian palm oil company, AAL, concerning the company's environmental and human rights violations.