Africa > Verra removes troubled REDD carbon project in DRC from registry

Verra removes troubled REDD carbon project in DRC from registry

Published 16:27 on March 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:13 on March 19, 2024  / Paddy Gourlay /  Africa, Americas, EMEA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Verra has removed a voluntary carbon REDD avoided deforestation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from its registry after a senior government committee recommended that its concession contracts, alongside many others, be cancelled for breaking the law, the standard body told Carbon Pulse Friday.
Verra has removed a voluntary carbon REDD avoided deforestation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from its registry after a senior government committee recommended that its concession contracts, alongside many others, be cancelled for breaking the law, the standard body told Carbon Pulse Friday.


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