In December 2021, police in China arrested eight people for a “Carbon Forest” cryptocurrency scam.
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How to make the climate crisis worse: A story of NFTs, blockchain, and carbon offsets from the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru
By Chris Lang Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs or nifties) hit the headlines last month when Mike Winkelman sold an NFT of a digital artwork for US$69 million at Christie’s. Beeple, as Winkelman calls himself, makes a digital artwork every day. You can see them on his Instagram account – where he has 2.1 million followers.
More on the D’Cerrado a’Amazonia REDD project in Brazil. Featuring SSO International Capital, LiveHOPE Fund, GHG Emissions Corp., RTD SPV1 LLC, and Brazil Mata Viva
By Chris Lang In July 2016, Boniface Mburaburirwe wrote to REDD-Monitor, asking whether I (or anyone I knew) was interested in buying 345 million “certified carbon credits already invested on Bloomberg”. Mburaburirwe’s asking price was US$6.80 each.
Can buying Ben & Jerry’s ice cream save the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru? Featuring Ecosphere+, Althelia, the Poseidon Foundation, REDD, Blockchain, and the government of Malta
By Chris Lang Since May 2018, if you buy ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop in Wardour Street, London, you will also buy a small part of a carbon credit. For every scoop of ice cream, a penny goes to buying carbon credits from the Cordillera Azul National Park REDD project in Peru.
The Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe: From carbon credits to EARTH tokens
The extraordinary story of the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe. Featuring cryptocurrencies, Earth Tokens, carbon credits, and tax havens.