World Rainforest Movement publishes new booklet on community threats from carbon projects

The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) has released a new booklet, 'REDD and Carbon Projects: Communities on Alert', detailing the threats carbon projects pose to Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities. The publication, an update to a 2012 booklet, argues that these projects fail to address climate change or deforestation, instead creating conflict and undermining food sovereignty. It provides background on carbon projects, outlines 11 'alerts' based on community experiences, and highlights actions communities have taken to oppose them. WRM asserts that carbon offsets allow corporations and governments to delay ending fossil fuel consumption while continuing polluting activities.