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Lao PDR
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2020-02-16
Last full update
2022-03-17
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
The company tried to propose to access Clean Development or REDD+ with its rubber plantations. "This proposal triggered a lively debate among various stakeholders (public,
private, NGOs, and development projects) whether rubber companies, often singled out as
responsible for massive deforestation, could also benefit from Clean Development or REDD+
mechanisms for their perceived role in increasing carbon sequestration. "