§ 03 · REDD+ & Carbon Markets · 2025

Not all forest carbon credits are created equal

Concerns about the environmental and social impacts of carbon markets have sparked an effort towards higher-integrity carbon that recognizes Indigenous and local rights.

Referencia

Sarmiento Barletti JP, AM Larson, N Cisneros. 2025. What is high integrity carbon? Forest carbon programmes and conditions for success. CIFOR-ICRAF Infobrief 426.

Resumen

This infobrief synthesizes evidence on the conditions under which forest carbon programmes deliver high-integrity outcomes for people and forests. Drawing on multi-country research, we identify institutional, procedural and safeguard-related conditions.