REDD, an acronym for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests so that it can be traded. REDD has been criticized for ignoring the rights of indigenous peoples. This video, REDD Watch: Indigenous Perspective on the REDD Mechanism, is a project by Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network & Land is Life.
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