Liberia is set to hand over control of nearly 10% of its total land mass to a United Arab Emirates-based firm in a massive million-hectare carbon credit deal that’s drawing fire from local and international environmental groups. According to a leaked draft of the contract, the deal could override the customary land rights of communities […]
As soon as I heard about this deal last week it sounded immensely problematic. This is going to be a human rights disaster with marginal environmental benefit.