Africa > California senator urges ARB to oppose Tropical Forest Standard

California senator urges ARB to oppose Tropical Forest Standard

Published 23:51 on August 14, 2019  /  Last updated at 01:39 on August 15, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Mexico, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, South & Central, US, Voluntary

California regulator ARB should not endorse its Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) next month because sector-based REDD offsets lack environmental and social integrity and fail to address the root causes of deforestation, a state senator said, potentially opening a bicameral rift over the already divisive issue.
California regulator ARB should not endorse its Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) next month because sector-based REDD offsets lack environmental and social integrity and fail to address the root causes of deforestation, a state senator said, potentially opening a bicameral rift over the already divisive issue.


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