Voluntary carbon markets generate funding intended for forest conservation, but are they delivering real-world results for climate, biodiversity, and communities? This special issue offers critical insight into the ongoing debate over the integrity of the trade of credits derived from forest carbon projects and their role in addressing climate change and halting deforestation. In 2023, Mongabay’s John Cannon investigated the forest carbon industry while traveling to Cambodia and Papua New Guinea to hear from communities that keep forests standing about who’s benefiting from the trade.
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