Guyana’s carbon-credit deal to protect forests undermines its forest protectors 

Guyana’s Indigenous communities are under siege from all sides – including an opaque carbon-offsetting scheme agreed by the government on our lands
Guyana's carbon-credit deal to protect forests undermines forest protectors 
The world's highest single drop-off of water, the Kaieteur Falls, are seen from a natural overlook above the Potaro River in southwest Guyana, on August 9, 2000. (Photo: Reuters file/Stringer)

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