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Carbon certifier says key indigenous complaints were not on the table when credits were issued to Guyana last year

The historic issuance of ART forest carbon credits, sold by Guyana last year for USD 750 million, is being challenged by Amerindian groups who say the decision was rushed and ignored key legal issues. In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, people were initially given just 30 days to comment. Frances Seymour, Chair of the carbon certifier ART, tells Development Today that the concerns were raised too late in the process, but will be considered in ART’s upcoming review of Guyana’s second application for credits.

News March 30, 2023

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Indigenous alliance pulls out of negotiations over ‘flawed’ forest carbon credit standard

An alliance of indigenous groups in Central America has walked out of negotiations over a Norwegian-funded...

News March 08, 2023

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Equinor eyes forest carbon credits facilitated by Norway’s rainforest scheme

The Norwegian Climate Ministry has used aid financing to build up a new architecture for the certification...

News February 02, 2023

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Brazil seeks more donor funding for Amazon Fund to fight deforestation

Brazil welcomes the unfreezing of more than NOK 6 billion in “old” Norwegian aid sitting in the Amazon...

News January 16, 2023

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Indigenous groups in Guyana raise alarm over historic issuance of carbon credits by Norwegian-funded certifier

The government of Guyana has been issued 33 million tonnes worth of forest carbon credits by ART, a certifier...

News December 23, 2022

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The ‘hollow’ promise of loss and damage

In the absence of concrete financial commitments, the loss and damage fund agreed at the COP27 climate...

News November 30, 2022

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Outcry from indigenous groups prompts change of rules in LEAF forest carbon scheme

Indigenous organisations in the Brazilian state of Acre were kept in the dark for almost a year about...

News November 18, 2022

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Growing frustration among indigenous leaders with forest carbon scheme LEAF

Indigenous leaders criticise the billion-dollar forest carbon credit scheme LEAF, backed by Norway, the...

News November 03, 2022

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Huge dilemmas for forest deal in Brazil as Norway bets on Lula’s win

The Norwegian Climate Ministry is hoping that a presidential win by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil...

News October 20, 2022

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Support to civil society and independent scientific research appear of little importance to Norway’s new climate and environment deal with Indonesia

Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Minister for Climate and Environment, has just signed a new climate and environment...

Opinion October 07, 2022

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