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British Government and Human Rights: Carbon offset plans linked to murders in

Categories: Articles:Environment, Articles:Human Rights | Published: 12/04/2011 | Views: 2661
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A Honduran palm oil company is looking for funds from the carbon markets even though they have been implicated in 16-25 assassinations of peasants in 2010 alone. During the first three months of this year, they have been linked again to violent attacks and kidnapping. Unless the British Government stops the sale of those carbon credits, which they can do, the company will further increase their profits and thus be able to pay even more armed paramilitaries and to continue oppressing the peasant communities that are reclaiming lands which are legally theirs

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