Climate change / Forests / Human Rights / Pacific

Can “high integrity” carbon projects save the Pacific’s vanishing forests? And benefit landowners?

Having witnessed the damaging antics of carbon cowboys and, more recently, self-interested greenwashing industry in REDD+ forest projects in PNG, I was sceptical and intrigued about the notion of “high integrity” carbon. So, I went to the Solomon Islands to see what it looked like on the ground. This issue is one of the most technically, scientifically and culturally complex I’ve ever tried to tackle. Trying to squeeze all these dimensions into this piece for Yale Environment 360 was … challenging! So, more to come. https://e360.yale.edu/features/solomon-islands-sirebe-carbon-credits