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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="break-words"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="break-words"><span lang="EN-GB">I want to share a new publication:
<b>Carbon Markets, Forests and Rights: An introductory series for indigenous peoples and communities</b></span></span><span class="break-words"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="break-words"><span lang="EN-GB">As indigenous and forest peoples experience a rush of interest in their lands and territories from carbon market actors, they ask:</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">
<span class="break-words">"What are these markets?" And "what do they mean for our rights, livelihoods and ways of life?"</span><br>
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<span class="break-words">Together with the Global Justice Clinic of NYU, Forest Peoples Programme has developed a series of
<b>introductory materials</b> to start responding to these questions.</span><br>
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<span class="break-words">In the context of increasing attention to the human rights and environmental critiques of carbon markets - as well as the booming of 'high-integrity’ initiatives claiming to address these
<b>- we hope these explainers will help communities identify the questions they need to ask and consider to make their own self-determined decisions about carbon markets.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">See the explainers here: <a href="https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/report/2023/carbon-markets-forests-rights-explainer">
https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/report/2023/carbon-markets-forests-rights-explainer</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Spanish and French (and possibly other languages) to follow soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Oda Almas (FPP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="743" height="606" style="width:7.7416in;height:6.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D9F708.8665D540" alt="This is a picture showing the explanation of teh colours used in the cover of the book. To help you - an in-depth explanation is available: https://www.forestpeoples.org/en/report/2023/carbon-markets-forests-rights-explainer"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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