The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has been unsuccessful with its carbon credits appeal and is of the view that the entire process has been unfairly dealt with.
In a release on Friday, the APA confirmed its withdrawal of its appeal to the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) Secretariat regarding the 2022 issuance of carbon credits to the Government of Guyana. It stated that the Secretariat’s own standard – The REDD+Excellence Standard – was not correctly applied since TREES (The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard) requires that the Government of Guyana fully respect the rights of Indigenous peoples before ART can issue carbon credits to the Government. The APA posited that numerous international human rights bodies are in agreement with its belief that the Government of Guyana does not adequately respect the rights of Indigenous peoples and as such, does not meet TREES.
