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Does UN REDD+ Help or Hurt Indigenous Peoples?
2013-06-19 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Peoples Worldwide: The United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program garnered conflicting opinions at the recent UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held May 20-31 in New York City. Under REDD+, in return for not allowing extractive industries to destroy forests, countries are granted monetary rewards equivalent to what they would have received from those industries. The UN report on the program, released in February, states that REDD+ can be a mechanism for achieving...
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