How will we know when local communities benefit from carbon offset schemes?

Image: A Samburu boy and girl (L-R) with their herd of cattle 5kms to the west of Oldonyiro town in Isiolo County, Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 (Photo credit: ILRI Livestock CRP/ Kabir Dhanji).

OneNature’s Beth Allgood, John Waugh, and Dehara Weeraman, in collaboration with Craig A. Talmage and Laura Musikanski, were recently published in Mongabay’s Indigenous Peoples and Conservation series. In the article, the authors discuss carbon credit schemes, the advantages of data-driven community involvement strategies, and their proposed framework for measuring the impacts and benefits on the communities of carbon initiatives. 

Check out the article here!