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Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2020-02-16

Last full update

2022-03-17

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. "