21-01-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com

The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities

Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where land stewards lose out, say local leadersRevealed: ‘over 90% of rainforest offsets by biggest provider worthless’Greenwashing or a net zero necessity? Scientists on carbon offsetting‘Nowhere else to go’: Alto Mayo, Peru, at centre of conservation rowA number of Indigenous communities in the Amazon say that “carbon pirates” have become a threat to their way of life as w
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