Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

An absence of government legal and policy reforms is impacting the rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant peoples and local communities associated with carbon programs in 33 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to a recent report. The report, published by advocacy group Rights and Resources International (RRI), outlines the NGO’s findings on community rights to forest territories, land and resources in carbon trading regulations…

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