Blood Carbon: Cambodia carbon offset project briefings

This report shows three carbon offset projects which are shining examples of how NOT to protect the forest. Deforestation rates in Cambodia are among the highest in the world. Yet ironically, the country is leading the carbon offsetting gold rush in Asia. 41% of Cambodia’s is under a Protected Area of some kind. Conservation NGOs, governments and big corporations are making millions from carbon offsets while failing to tackle the root causes of deforestation. Meanwhile Indigenous and local people’s lands are stolen from them – and the polluters get to greenwash their pollution.