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Three new irrigation dams have been approved in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, overlapping with two carbon credit projects. The new developments join five hydropower projects that are already eating into these same forests.
Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.
Polisi & Kewangan
Indigenous Filipinos hope carbon credits can protect their forests
Indigenous leaders in a Philippines protected landscapes sign a landmark deal to try to reduce forest loss with carbon credits.
Makanan & Pertanian
Philippine Indigenous communities lead forest restoration to mitigate urban flooding
Indigenous communities in the Philippines’ Mount Kalatungan protected area have since 2015 carried out a tree-planting campaign to restore native vegetation lost to decades of commercial logging and agriculture.
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