Kylie Benton-Connell worked for the Democracy Center from February 2010 until July 2011. In this article written for Alternet, Will Programs to Off-Set Carbon Emissions Fuel Further Conflict in Bolivia’s Forests?, she looks at the social complexities on the ground that lie behind global plans to create forest carbon markets. What does the recent conflict in Bolivia over the TIPNIS highway tell us about how schemes such as market-based REDD might play out in countries of the Global South?
Kylie is the author of our August 2011 report ‘Off the Market: Bolivian forests and struggles over climate change’ (Spanish version also available).
