Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets?

Several of the extreme climate events throughout the world in the past year have spurred a sense of urgency among Indigenous communities who are the first to be affected.

Carbon markets, a popular mechanism used by global businesses and countries to offset their emissions, have been on the table during negotiations at the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference.

In a year that has seen carbon markets under growing scrutiny due to reports of alleged scams revealing that only a handful of emissions were offset instead of the massive amounts projected, Indigenous communities at the conference which ended this week were eager to be heard on how these could work.

Read full article at: Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets? | Indigenous Rights News | Al Jazeera

Cambodian Bunong Addresses COP28 Attendees

Navy Koeung and Kimheak Chhay at COP28. Kiripost/Via WCS

 

Navy Koeung has become the first Bunong to address global leaders and high-ranking decision makers when she highlighted the benefits of carbon finance in forest conservation at COP28.

On Sunday, Navy, who lives in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, took to the stage at the UNFCCC’s 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), which is this year hosted in the UAE, to put forward her case.

Click here: Cambodian Bunong Addresses COP28 Attendees | Kiripost to read more information from Kiripost.

Indigenous land rights are key to conservation in Cambodia (commentary)

While Indigenous peoples comprise just 6% of the global population, they manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million km2 in some 87 countries. In many places Indigenous peoples are effective custodians of biodiversity, lands, and seas while sustaining distinct cultural, social and economic values of their communities. Upholding the rights of these communities is therefore increasingly at the center of international climate and biodiversity commitments and agreements.

Read the full article at: Indigenous land rights are key to conservation in Cambodia (commentary) (mongabay.com)

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