carbon credits

La concentración de proyectos de adquisición de tierras en países de bajos ingresos, donde los sistemas de gobernanza de la tierra suelen ser débiles, favorece el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de empresas que aprovechan las oportunidades económicas creadas por los mercados de carbono

L’émergence de projets de crédits carbone, achetés par les entreprises pour réduire leur empreinte environnementale, se traduit par l’accaparement de terres au détriment des populations locales.

We need better land governance, better standards, and more transparency says the Land Matrix. We need to “put an end to offsetting as a false solution to the climate crisis — urgently” says GRAIN

Une société d'investissement de Saint-Gall, en Suisse, promet de concilier protection du climat, aide au développement et rendement financier grâce à un projet en Éthiopie. Mais une communauté locale tire la sonnette d'alarme.

A Swiss-based investment firm promises to combine climate protection, development aid, and returns with a plantation project in Ethiopia. But a local community is raising the alarm

Led by Terraformation, Green Lions is launching on an initial area of 8,289 hectares located within the communal forests of Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya where it will combine native forest restoration and cocoa-based agroforestry.

Local communities have been protesting against the company’s operations for more than a decade.

Australia’s River Capital will invest more than $80 million in a 30,000 hectare eucalyptus plantation project in the Tiwi Islands that is set to become one of the country’s largest nature-based carbon ventures.

For land-based investments, the Patria Latam Reforest Fund I from Pátria Investimentos and the Amazon Reforestation Fund II from Mombak will each receive as much as 500 million reais from BNDESPar.

A Sydney-based forestry giant is selling a 5485ha portfolio, which is set to be harvested and then transitioned to agricultural use for an incoming buyer.

The projects backed by global energy trader Trafigura include a restoration project in Malawi totalling over 550,000 hectares that has one of the largest native species nurseries in Africa, and an agroforestry plan to restore degraded land in Zambia that will involve 45,000 farmers

Carbon credits are derived from Kijani Forestry’s Smallholder Farmer Forestry Project in northern Uganda, which establishes woodlots on degraded land, with roughly 30 million trees planted to date in collaboration with local growers.