REDD Forest Protection Program Could Threaten Rights of 350 Million People
June 4th, 2010
photo: Chany Crystal via flickr Though support, both political and financial, for the UN REDD forest protection scheme has been growing, there's also a growing opposition voice expressing the concern that, though keeping forests standing is a good thing, the REDD program could well run roughshod over the rights of indigenous people as international financiers, corporations and timber companies get involved. Mongabay points out that an alte...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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