The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions’ (ART) approval of Guyana’s carbon credits has set a dangerous precedent in the business as it overlooked the history of human rights violations occurring in the country, says the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA).
According to the Indigenous rights organization, the carbon crediting process has violated the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples in Guyana.
“Having worked with several communities throughout Guyana, we were aware of their observations and concerns about various proposals and commitments that Guyana had made under the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 draft and raised these at the meetings of the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee,” the APA said in a statement yesterday.
