Carbon offsets at a distance can have unintended consequences, plans to protect forests could do the opposite

In their recent report, the group Friends of the Earth argue that current international proposals to protect forests as a way of tackling climate change could displace millions of indigenous people and fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Joseph Zacune, a climate and energy coordinator at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), warned that protecting forests should not become a way for rich countries to pay their way out of reducing emissions. "We need to tackle consumption of agrofuels, meat and timber products which drive deforestation."
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