Action needed to make carbon offsets from tropical forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

“(via Mongabay's coverage, not the paper itself) study "focused on 18 [of 26] that had enough publicly available information" and found "68% — more than 60 million credits — came from projects that didn't significantly reduce deforestation," with lead author Thales West: "They're not reducing as much deforestation as they claim to be.”

Locator: abstract/summary as reported

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Cordillera Azul REDD+Alto Huayabamba REDD+Selva de Mataven REDD+PeruColombiaIsangi REDD+ ProjectCarbon TanzaniaMakame Savannah REDD+Ntakata Mountains REDD+TanzaniaLower Zambezi REDD+Luangwa Community Forests ProjectZambiaSouthern Cardamom REDD+Cambodia