Constance McDermott

  • Senior Fellow in Forest Governance and Leader of Ecosystems Governance Group, University of Oxford
Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Guenther Guni/Getty Images

Buying and selling forest carbon as a commodity is dangerous if it trumps other environmental and social uses – new report

The carbon stored by forests can be bought by polluting companies to offset their emissions. This can displace communities who depend on natural forests for their livelihoods.

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