Carbon Offsetting & REDD+

Realising Rights, Protecting Forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation

1 June 2010

This report is intended primarily for opinion-formers and decision-makers with a role in making and influencing national policy and legislation on REDD. The case studies show that respecting the rights and realities of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities is the only way to ensure that the forests remain standing.