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Carbon Trading Scheme Pushing People off Their Land

Companies that release greenhouse gases can either agree to reduce their emissions or buy the right to keep polluting. But who really pays the price? Photo/REUTERS

Editors note: The version of this story originally moved Aug. 31 by IPS, falsely implied that the project planting trees within the national park is a Clean Development Mechanism project; the project by the FACE Foundation is part of the voluntary carbon trading market and is not covered by the CDM.

As the world's attention increasingly turns to the impact of climate change, at least one project intended to reduce global carbon emissions is accused of displacing indigenous persons from their home in Uganda.

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