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FOREST TRENDS: Illegal mining forces suspension of ground-breaking voluntary forest carbon project in Brazil

Published 04:46 on September 11, 2018 / Last updated at 12:57 on December 19, 2023 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Other Content (Contributed Content), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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As the first indigenous-led conservation effort to be financed through the sale of carbon offsets, the Suruí Forest Carbon Project (PCFS in Portuguese) dramatically slowed deforestation and incubated sustainable livelihood programs in Brazil’s Sete de Setembro Indigenous Territory (TISS), but a dramatic surge in illegal mining activities throughout the region in which TISS is located has forced the Paiter-Suruí indigenous people and their partners to suspend the program indefinitely.
As the first indigenous-led conservation effort to be financed through the sale of carbon offsets, the Suruí Forest Carbon Project (PCFS in Portuguese) dramatically slowed deforestation and incubated sustainable livelihood programs in Brazil’s Sete de Setembro Indigenous Territory (TISS), but a dramatic surge in illegal mining activities throughout the region in which TISS is located has forced the Paiter-Suruí indigenous people and their partners to suspend the program indefinitely.


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