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REDD versus indigenous people? Why tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests
2014-09-05 10:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Panama's efforts to gain funding for standing forests roiled by indigenous opposition There isnt a word or phrase in the Kuna language for "carbon trading, and much less for something as complex as REDD+. Standing for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, REDD+ is the worldwide UN-backed climate change mitigation scheme that relies on carbon trading within forest landscapes to fund forest conservation programs. And yet, since 2008, the Kuna people have been hearing lots about...
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