Issue 391 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
July 2006
CO2NNED: Carbon offsets stripped bare
The issues behind the 'carbon offset' industry, the communities negatively affected by so-called climate friendly projects, and what really needs to happen to counter climate change.
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Forest fever
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