The Dubious Business of Trading Carbon and Its Stakes For India’s People and Forests
Tribal communities in the Araku Valley of Andhra Pradesh “signed away” their rights to carbon credits through a local NGO intermediary. Plantations done by the communities on their private land, spread across 6,000 hectares in 333 villages, began generating carbon credits for the French company Livelihood Funds in 2010.
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#ArakuValley, an idyllic weekend getaway spot in the north-eastern corner of #AndhraPradesh
By @Kavitamajumdar
https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1368139290304278529