The free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) rights of affected indigenous and local communities are rarely implemented under the United Nations National Plan to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+).
A wealth of evidence suggests that indigenous people, shifters, and rural women are particularly likely to fail.
Based on my reading of the REDD+ carbon offset program for the past 10 years or so, I am shocked by the impact of REDD+ on the rights of local indigenous and local communities.
this Series of articles Published in collaboration with Dalia Gebrial and Harpreet Kaur Paul and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in London.It first appeared in a Global Green New Deal Outlook.
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I am increasingly skeptical about their work on carbon and can provide zero deforestation and necessary forest financing at the speed and scale we need for the 1.5C world.
The global farmer movement, community-based (CBO), and civil society organizations (CSO) see REDD+ as another form of commoditization and privatization of the commons, and point out that first-hand and extensive written evidence shows that the pilot REDD+ forest carbon program is fundamental Doesn’t work-for local communities that rely on forests or in terms of climate change.
A large number of studies have shown that the REDD+ program promotes land grabbing and human rights violations, triggers conflicts between indigenous and customary land rights, and creates disputes over carbon rights, carbon credits, carbon leakage, and community compensation payments.
They are plagued by poor governance, poor participation, and “elite captives”, and they have exacerbated discrimination against rural women, tribes, and indigenous people.
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Alex Wijeratna is the campaign director of Mighty Earth based in the UK.
