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Governments and bourses are warming to working with voluntary carbon markets to help meet their decarbonisation agendas, but are also grappling with integrity controls in a sector known to harbour black sheep.

15 Feb 2023

A Raffles' banded langur

As money pours into nature-based projects to store carbon as governments and companies pursue net-zero targets, efforts to conserve animal and plant species risk being sidelined.

oil palm plantation in cigudeg-2021

With the Indonesian government refusing to renew a three-year ban on issuing licenses for new oil palm plantations, experts are warning of a deforestation free-for-all.

Sumatran Tiger in Indonesia

The Indonesian government says the decision is made after thorough consultations and cites lack of progress in the payment by Norway as one of the reasons for the termination.

9 October 2020

Aerial view RImba Raya

13 December 2019

mangrove Silonay

3 May 2019

snack store japan

21 February 2019

deforestation palm oil1

12 November 2018

oil palm nursery

10 September 2018

Monkeys from the monkey forest in bali

15 March 2018

8 July 2016

rangers patrol forests in Aceh Indonesia

17 June 2016

airplane lands during sunrise

13 June 2016

oil plantation encroaches upon forests

10 May 2016

forest researcher

3 May 2016

brazil aerial CIFOR

8 April 2016

plane forest redd

29 January 2016

RAN photo deforestation lesuer

7 January 2016

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17 December 2015

brazil river rainforest view

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