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Lessons from Australia? Engaging indigenous peoples in carbon markets

By Elizabeth Buchan - posted Wednesday, 5 December 2012

REDD+ and the CDM do have not good track records on protecting the rights and interests of indigenous people. But the UNFCCC process has been slow in addressing these concerns.

Instead, the best way forward is to focus on NMM as the framework to protect indigenous interests in carbon markets allowing projects like savannah burning to be shared.

NMM provide the best opportunity for projects like the savannah burning

methodology to be shared. Currently there are several proposals from countries

on NMM. These proposals show that the NMM process is on track to consider

some of the issues under CDM, JI and REDD+.

As things stand, global carbon markets are fragmented. Their structures need to be streamlined in order to produce a robust and overarching standard that effectively protects and promotes the interests and rights of indigenous people.

Any new opportunities to engage indigenous peoples in carbon markets should learn from the failures of the CDM and REDD+ and the success of the Australian case.