REDD+ projects falling far short of claimed carbon cuts, study finds

“Lead author Thales West (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): "They're not reducing as much deforestation as they claim to be." The study analyzed "26 REDD+ project sites in Southeast Asia, Africa and South America," focusing on "18 that had enough publicly available information," finding "68%—more than 60 million credits—came from projects that didn't significantly reduce deforestation.”

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Cordillera Azul REDD+Alto Huayabamba REDD+Selva de Mataven REDD+Isangi REDD+ ProjectCarbon TanzaniaMakame Savannah REDD+Ntakata Mountains REDD+Lower Zambezi REDD+Luangwa Community Forests ProjectSouthern Cardamom REDD+