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Brazil's Carbon Credit Schemes Linked to Illegal Logging
Impakter Brazil’s Carbon Credit Schemes Linked to Illegal Logging A recent Reuters investigation has found that many conservation projects in Brazil, designed to protect the Amazon rainforest through carbon credits, are linked to individuals and businesses with documented histories of illegal deforestation. In 2023, a similar analysis by the Guardian found that 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by Verra — the world’s leading certifier […] The pos…
Carbon credits are presented as a way to save the planet. While this market allows countries and companies to green their ecological balance sheets, it is sometimes done on the backs of local populations in credit-providing countries.
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