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Malawi has committed about 550 000 hectares of public forest, close to 6% of the country’s land area, to a 40-year carbon-credit arrangement before parliament has passed a dedicated law to regulate such deals.
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Portuguese carbon deal ‘locks’ Malawian forests for decades

A sweeping agreement to market carbon credits from 14 forest reserves could generate more than $1.5 billion but critics warn the legal framework remains unfinished

  • Collins Mtika
8 min read