Protecting Community Rights and Interests in Carbon Projects: Guidance for NGOs supporting communities
This guide is designed for NGOs, grassroots and other solidarity organisations and legal experts supporting local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and other customary or community-based landholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are approached by private developers…
Overview
This guide is designed for NGOs, grassroots and other solidarity organisations and legal experts supporting local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and other customary or community-based landholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are approached by private developers seeking to undertake voluntary carbon market (VCM) projects on their land. These projects aim to generate carbon credits under international VCM standards (such as Verra’s VCS or Gold Standard), with the intention of profiting from the sale of credits in voluntary carbon markets.
Publication · 20 Oct 2026Protecting Community Rights and Interests in Carbon Projects: Guidance for communities engaging with project developers
Publication · 8 Oct 2026A Just Transition in the DRC
Publication · 9 Sep 2026DRC’s Forest Reforms: What progress for Indigenous Peoples and local communities?Protect rainforests. Back the people who live in them.
Our research is only possible because supporters stand with Indigenous Peoples and forest communities. Join them and get new publications first.
English 
French 
Spanish