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Beyond Carbon Credits

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Sarah Milne talks about how infrastructure built for sustainable needs are harming the environment. Not all intention of selling carbon credits lead to conserving and protecting the environment. In Cambodia, protecting the forests and selling carbon credits has led to illegal logging, a rise of authoritarian power in government and corruption. She questions the impact of carbon credits in battling climate change.

Sarah Milne talks about how infrastructure built for sustainable needs are harming the environment. Not all intention of selling carbon credits lead to conserving and protecting the environment. In Cambodia, protecting the forests and selling carbon credits has led to illegal logging, a rise of authoritarian power in government and corruption. She questions the impact of carbon credits in battling climate change.

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