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Aunque últimamente se habla mucho de los mercados de carbono, la compensación con carbono forestal ha sido controvertida durante mucho tiempo. Los mercados de carbono son sistemas comerciales a través de los cuales países, empresas, particulares u otras entidades compran o venden unidades de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Los defensores de la compensación de carbono la ven como una forma de compensar las emisiones residuales a medida que el norte global se orienta hacia una economía baja en carbono, a la vez que canaliza una financiación muy necesaria para los bosques. Sus detractores advierten de que desposee a los pueblos indígenas y a las comunidades locales y reduce los bosques únicamente a su valor en carbono.
La pregunta en torno a la que girará este seminario web es la siguiente: En esta creciente aceptación de los mercados de carbono, ¿cómo se está dejando de lado a las comunidades indígenas? La ausencia del consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI), así como de otras salvaguardias en estos procesos, es un reto cada vez mayor. Pero a las comunidades indígenas les preocupa una ausencia notable en cuanto a su participación en los mercados de carbono y las repercusiones sociales que estos mercados pueden tener en sus comunidades.
¿Cómo se integran los derechos sobre la tierra en los procesos de recopilación de datos, de modo que podamos lograr un proyecto y un mercado de carbono de alta integridad? La recopilación de datos sobre hectáreas supone un reto para el actual modelo de mercado del carbono, que excluye los escenarios cotidianos a los que se enfrentan las comunidades indígenas con el acaparamiento de tierras y las excursiones ilegales. El modelo del mercado de carbono no tiene en cuenta la falta de derechos sobre la tierra a la que se enfrentan y por la que luchan muchos indígenas, lo que los hace más vulnerables porque los mercados incentivan la explotación.
After two weeks of tense talks, the recent UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 ended with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), includes concrete measures to halt and reverse nature loss, including putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by 2030.
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The day aims to celebrate women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education. It will also explore the impact of the digital gender gap on widening economic and social inequalities.
Under the umbrella of the Land Dialogues series, the second webinar of this year’s series “Indigenous Land Rights and the Biodiversity COP15: Six Months On” took place on May 25th, 2023. The webinar drew in a little over 350 participants and featured panelists from Indigenous women leaders to programme officers. The series is organized by a consortium of organizations, including the Land Portal Foundation, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Tenure Facility.
Under the umbrella of theLand Dialogues series, the first webinar of this year’s series “Taking Data Back: Women’s Sovereignty Over Land Data” took place on March 30th, 2023. The webinar drew in a little over 220 participants and featured panelists from Indigenous women leaders to programme officers. The series is organized by a consortium of organizations, including the Land Portal Foundation, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Tenure Facility.