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A Mongabay investigation has uncovered how carbon credit companies exploited Indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through deceptive contracts that promised financial benefits but delivered nothing. In December 2022, both Brazil’s largest and smallest Indigenous territories signed identical 118-page, 10-year…
After public outcry, Kenya has reversed a controversial decision that would have ended a successful 15-year partnership protecting one of Nairobi’s most cherished natural spaces. The Kenya Forest Service announced it will continue jointly managing the 1,000-hectare Karura Forest with…
Despite receiving over $20 billion in international funding pledges, Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall initiative is failing to deliver the large-scale environmental benefits it promised, according to a new study published in Land Use Policy journal. The Great Green Wall…
