Forest Peoples at risk from 'carbon grab'

ENN
Mar 20, 2014, 11:52 am20 pts
A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon stored in standing forests, with UN and World Bank support. But there's no benefit for forest communities - who even risk expulsion to make way for 'carbon plantations'. As the United Nations and the World Bank…

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