With Africa's carbon sinks up for grabs, offset debate heats up
Amid reports of forced evictions, with communities displaced to make space for carbon offsetting projects, such as reforestation initiatives on their land.
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Amid reports of forced evictions, with communities displaced to make space for carbon offsetting projects, such as reforestation initiatives on their land.
As African countries line up to cash in on the global carbon offset market, concern is growing that the multimillion-dollar deals to keep their forests intact could threaten the land rights and way of life of people who live there.
Exclusive: Investigation uncovers villagers’ claims of violence at farm that is single largest exporter of Kenyan produce to the world
In the past 10 years there have allegedly been 146 incidents of violence, including five deaths and five rapes on the farm in central Kenya
Del Monte farm, located in Thika, Kenya, grows pineapples for some of the UK's leading supermarkets including Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Asda, Ocado and Morrisons.