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Article

10 Oct 2024

Author:
Reuters,
Author:
Terra

Brazil: Indigenous and community organisations sign public letter denouncing failure to consult them on carbon credits

"Indigenous groups in Brazil: We were not consulted on carbon credits", 10 October 2024

...Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support conservation of the Amazon rainforest in the state.

Amazon.com Inc and other firms agreed last month to buy carbon credits valued at $180 million through the LEAF Coalition conservation initiative, which it helped set up in 2021 with a group of companies and governments, including the United States and United Kingdom.

...38 Indigenous and community organizations from Para signed a public letter denouncing his failure to consult them...

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, a tribal leader who was the letter's principal author, said the role of U.S.-based companies like Amazon and Walmart, opens new tab ian the carbon credit purchase was worrying...

The agreement is LEAF's first deal in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, which is vital to curbing climate change...The deal foresees the purchase of up to 12 million tons of carbon credits generated by reducing deforestation in Para between 2023 and 2026...

Governor Barbalho said the state would only collect the portion of the sales' proceeds needed to continue its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, while the rest would go to Indigenous peoples and traditional communities as well as family farms...

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