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INTERVIEW: Community tenure, not methodology, is the missing link in Indian REDD+

Published 09:12 on March 3, 2026 / Last updated at 09:12 on March 3, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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India’s struggle to build a pipeline of forest carbon projects has less to do with international methodologies and more to do with who owns the land, according to developers of the only community-based REDD+ project in the South Asian country.
India’s struggle to build a pipeline of forest carbon projects has less to do with international methodologies and more to do with who owns the land, according to developers of the only community-based REDD+ project in the South Asian country.


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