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	Many factors would suggest that Verra credits have little credibility as legitimate carbon offset, and are most often a vehicle for [[greenwashing]].		Many factors would suggest that Verra credits have little credibility as legitimate carbon offset, and are most often a vehicle for [[greenwashing]].

	== ~~Extractive~~ Collusion ==		== Pollution Collusion ==

	Verra is a member of the [[International Emissions Trading Association]], whose membership includes top petroleum corporations such as [[British Petroleum]], [[Chevron]], [[ConocoPhillips]], [[Enbridge]], [[Equinor]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Saudi Aramco]], and [[Shell Oil]]. These companies are currently engaged in extensive greenwashing campaigns which include the use of Verra's offsets.<ref>https://redd-monitor.org/2022/07/13/how-to-burn-the-planet-shell-invests-us38-million-in-carbonext-brazils-biggest-redd-offset-firm/</ref>		Verra is a member of the [[International Emissions Trading Association]], whose membership includes top petroleum corporations such as [[British Petroleum]], [[Chevron]], [[ConocoPhillips]], [[Enbridge]], [[Equinor]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Saudi Aramco]], and [[Shell Oil]]. These companies are currently engaged in extensive greenwashing campaigns which include the use of Verra's offsets.<ref>https://redd-monitor.org/2022/07/13/how-to-burn-the-planet-shell-invests-us38-million-in-carbonext-brazils-biggest-redd-offset-firm/</ref>

TH at 23:30, 9 June 2023

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	Many factors would suggest that Verra credits have little credibility as legitimate carbon offset, and are most often a vehicle for [[greenwashing]].		Many factors would suggest that Verra credits have little credibility as legitimate carbon offset, and are most often a vehicle for [[greenwashing]].

	== ~~Industrial~~ Collusion ==		== Extractive Collusion ==

	Verra is a member of the [[International Emissions Trading Association]], whose membership includes top petroleum corporations such as [[British Petroleum]], [[Chevron]], [[ConocoPhillips]], [[Enbridge]], [[Equinor]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Saudi Aramco]], and [[Shell Oil]]. These companies are currently engaged in extensive greenwashing campaigns which include the use of Verra's offsets.<ref>https://redd-monitor.org/2022/07/13/how-to-burn-the-planet-shell-invests-us38-million-in-carbonext-brazils-biggest-redd-offset-firm/</ref>		Verra is a member of the [[International Emissions Trading Association]], whose membership includes top petroleum corporations such as [[British Petroleum]], [[Chevron]], [[ConocoPhillips]], [[Enbridge]], [[Equinor]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Saudi Aramco]], and [[Shell Oil]]. These companies are currently engaged in extensive greenwashing campaigns which include the use of Verra's offsets.<ref>https://redd-monitor.org/2022/07/13/how-to-burn-the-planet-shell-invests-us38-million-in-carbonext-brazils-biggest-redd-offset-firm/</ref>

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	One source for the [[Nature Carbon Ton ($NCT)\|$NCT]] of [[Toucan Protocol]] and [[Regen Network]].		One source for the [[Nature Carbon Ton ($NCT)\|$NCT]] of [[Toucan Protocol]] and [[Regen Network]].

	~~== The Savory Method ==~~

	~~(See: accreditation of & partnership with [[Ruuts]])~~

	~~= Whitewashing =~~

	== The Savory Method ==		== The Savory Method ==

TH at 20:58, 10 March 2023

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	One source for the [[Nature Carbon Ton ($NCT)\|$NCT]] of [[Toucan Protocol]] and [[Regen Network]].		One source for the [[Nature Carbon Ton ($NCT)\|$NCT]] of [[Toucan Protocol]] and [[Regen Network]].

			== The Savory Method ==

			(See: accreditation of & partnership with [[Ruuts]])

	= Whitewashing =		= Whitewashing =

			== The Savory Method ==

			(See: accreditation of & partnership with [[Ruuts]])

	== Colonialism ==		== Colonialism ==

TH at 18:10, 24 February 2023

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	In 2005, Climate Wedge and Cheyne Capital drafted v1 of the Voluntary Carbon Standard. In March 2006, they transferred the Voluntary Carbon Standard version 1.0 to ~~The~~ Climate Group, [[International Emissions Trading Association]] (IETA) and [[World Economic Forum]].		In 2005, Climate Wedge and Cheyne Capital drafted v1 of the Voluntary Carbon Standard. In March 2006, they transferred the Voluntary Carbon Standard version 1.0 to the [[Climate Group]], [[International Emissions Trading Association]] (IETA) and [[World Economic Forum]].

	Verra has since become the largest vendor in the voluntary carbon market.		Verra has since become the largest vendor in the voluntary carbon market.

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	The report also emphasizes that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:		The report also emphasizes that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:

	<blockquote>The area is in the hands of the powerful family-owned business group that – according to the project’s own text – claim to be the "original landowners" who acquired the land from the federal and state government in 1975, along with the right to “colonize” Colniza.7</blockquote>		<blockquote>The area is in the hands of the powerful family-owned business group that – according to the project’s own text – claim to be the "original landowners" who acquired the land from the federal and state government in 1975, along with the right to “colonize” Colniza.</blockquote>

	This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>		This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>

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	== Colonialism ==		== Colonialism ==

	In "Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the 'Florestal Santa Maria' REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil," the [[World Rainforest Movement]] documented how this Verra-certified project is ~~firstly,~~ highly questionable in terms of its purported ecological benefits (and being used to issue carbon credits greenwashing [[Delta Airlines]]).<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref>		In "Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the 'Florestal Santa Maria' REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil," the [[World Rainforest Movement]] documented how this Verra-certified project is highly questionable in terms of its purported ecological benefits (and being used to issue carbon credits greenwashing [[Delta Airlines]]).<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref>

	The report also emphasizes that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:		The report also emphasizes that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:

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	This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>		This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>

	The ~~World Rainforest Movement~~ continues~~, re: Verra's whitewashing this colonial violence to legitimize its carbon credits~~:		The report continues:

	<blockquote>It's striking that the VCS as well as FSC auditors, reproduce the story about supposed legality of the land title and the process of occupation of Colniza as told by FSM-REDD project owner without any further comment. The reality, however, is that there are very different stories about the history of Colniza and the project area. There is much documentation available of the history of land grabbing, environmental destruction and violence that has marked the Amazon colonization process, yet the auditors do not seem to have investigated these other stories of colonization in the specific case of Colniza for the FSC and VCS certification except for brief comments on the presence of indigenous peoples in the region, mentioned in the reports of the FSC auditors.<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>It's striking that the VCS as well as FSC auditors, reproduce the story about supposed legality of the land title and the process of occupation of Colniza as told by FSM-REDD project owner without any further comment. The reality, however, is that there are very different stories about the history of Colniza and the project area. There is much documentation available of the history of land grabbing, environmental destruction and violence that has marked the Amazon colonization process, yet the auditors do not seem to have investigated these other stories of colonization in the specific case of Colniza for the FSC and VCS certification except for brief comments on the presence of indigenous peoples in the region, mentioned in the reports of the FSC auditors.<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref></blockquote>

	= Sources =		= Sources =

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	== Colonialism ==		== Colonialism ==

	In "Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the 'Florestal Santa Maria' REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil," the [[World Rainforest Movement]] documented how this Verra-certified project is ~~not only~~ questionable in terms of its purported ecological benefits (used to issue carbon credits greenwashing [[Delta Airlines]]);		In "Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the 'Florestal Santa Maria' REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil," the [[World Rainforest Movement]] documented how this Verra-certified project is firstly, highly questionable in terms of its purported ecological benefits (and being used to issue carbon credits greenwashing [[Delta Airlines]]).<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref>

	~~their~~ report also ~~notes~~ that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:		The report also emphasizes that the "chain of custody" of the project land in question shows that:

	<blockquote>The area is in the hands of the powerful family-owned business group that – according to the project’s own text – claim to be the "original landowners" who acquired the land from the federal and state government in 1975, along with the right to “colonize” Colniza.7</blockquote>		<blockquote>The area is in the hands of the powerful family-owned business group that – according to the project’s own text – claim to be the "original landowners" who acquired the land from the federal and state government in 1975, along with the right to “colonize” Colniza.7</blockquote>

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	This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>		This was during the the Brazilian Military dictatorship of 1964-1985, when vast swathes of Amazonian forestland (including the project area) were stolen from Indigenous Nations through a devastating genocide which killed hundreds of thousands of people.<ref>https://branchoutnow.org/the-brazilian-holocaust-anti-indigenous-fascists-are-on-the-brink-of-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-join-the-boycott-to-stop-them/</ref>

	The World Rainforest Movement continues, re: Verra's whitewashing of this violence to legitimize its carbon credits:		The World Rainforest Movement continues, re: Verra's whitewashing this colonial violence to legitimize its carbon credits:

	<blockquote>It's striking that the VCS as well as FSC auditors, reproduce the story about supposed legality of the land title and the process of occupation of Colniza as told by FSM-REDD project owner without any further comment. The reality, however, is that there are very different stories about the history of Colniza and the project area. There is much documentation available of the history of land grabbing, environmental destruction and violence that has marked the Amazon colonization process, yet the auditors do not seem to have investigated these other stories of colonization in the specific case of Colniza for the FSC and VCS certification except for brief comments on the presence of indigenous peoples in the region, mentioned in the reports of the FSC auditors.<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>It's striking that the VCS as well as FSC auditors, reproduce the story about supposed legality of the land title and the process of occupation of Colniza as told by FSM-REDD project owner without any further comment. The reality, however, is that there are very different stories about the history of Colniza and the project area. There is much documentation available of the history of land grabbing, environmental destruction and violence that has marked the Amazon colonization process, yet the auditors do not seem to have investigated these other stories of colonization in the specific case of Colniza for the FSC and VCS certification except for brief comments on the presence of indigenous peoples in the region, mentioned in the reports of the FSC auditors.<ref>https://www.wrm.org.uy/publications/aviation-and-false-solutions-the-farce-of-the-florestal-santa-maria-redd-project-in-mato-grosso-brazil</ref></blockquote>

	= Sources =		= Sources =