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REDD+ versus indigenous people? Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests

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Mongabay.com

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2014-09-04

There isn’t a word or phrase in the Kuna language for "carbon trading,” and much less for something as complex as REDD+. Standing for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, REDD+ is the worldwide UN backed climate change mitigation scheme that relies on carbon trading within forest landscapes for funding. And yet, since 2008, the Kuna people have been hearing lots about it and referring to it often in their private conversations.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0904-sri-guidi-redd-vs-indigenous-people.html