A photo of the Lower Brule reservation, courtesy Jerry Huddleston via Flickr Creative Commons.

Yale Forest Forum Highlights: Carbon Projects for Indigenous Forest Owners

Katie Michels
Bryan Van Stippen’s talk started with an assertion: Tribal nations must “not let their natural resource assets benefit others before they benefit their own communities.” The National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) views carbon projects as both economic development and natural resource stewardship opportunities in response to historic extraction and theft.
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Forest For the Threes

Source: Reuters
This October 19 dispatch notes a $200 million stake from development finance arms of Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom for forestry projects in Africa.
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Blue State Senators Smell Greenwash

Source: Financial Times
On October 14, the pink paper reported out a letter from liberal United States senators asking regulators to scrutinize carbon-offset claims.
The Connecticut Green Bank sees potential for capital flows from greenspace like this New Haven park.

Connecticut's Green Bank Seeks Leader for Financing Natural Capital

Alec Appelbaum
States around the nation are changing laws to clarify and speed up financing for natural climate solutions. Now Green Bank CEO Bryan Garcia and his team are looking for a senior team member to crystallize and underwrite the strategy. Garcia says it’d be the first time the green bank has...
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Well, You've Forest My Hand

Source: GreenBiz
This September 30 draws a play for committing to science-based targets and steering forest credits to a corporate decarbonization run.