Ask the California Air Resources Board to
Reject the Tropical Forest Standard

An international delegation of Indigenous Peoples have arrived in California to urge the California Air Resources Board to reject the “California Tropical Forest Standard” (TFS) at its Board meeting on Thursday September 19, 2019.
 

The TFS would set standards for tropical forest carbon credits, which would be used by the international aviation sector to “offset” its carbon emissions, and by the state of California, should it accept these projects into its cap and trade system. The delegation will particularly speak to how forest carbon offsets harm Indigenous Peoples. 
 

 

If you are in the Northern California area we encourage you to attend the hearing to urge CARB reject the Tropical Forest Standard. 
A Facebook event with the needed information can be found here. : [link removed]
 
If you are unable to attend the meeting you can still support the Indigenous delegation by leaving a comment demanding a just transition from false solutions like the Tropical Forest Standard.
Our allies at Food & Water Action have made it easy to send a comment here. : [link removed]
 
 
We also put together a handy Social Media tool kit complete with graphics and messaging for you here : [link removed].
 


About the delegation:
Chief Ninawa Hui Kui is the traditional leader and President of the Hui Kui People’s Federation of the Brazilian Amazon in the State of Acre.
 

Mirian Cisneros is one of the first women to serve as the President of the Kichwa Peoples of Sarayaku, of the Amazon of Ecuador. From a young age she has been involved in community and regional organizations, including the Sarayaku women's organization. 
 

Marlon Santi is a Kichwa political leader and has served as the National Coordinator of the Pachakutik movement, Ecuador's indigenous political party, since June 2016. Previously, he was the youngest president of the CONAIE, Ecuador's largest national indigenous federation, as well as a previous President of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku. 
 

Ana Luz Valadez Ortega is the delegation’s expert on carbon offsets in Chiapas, Mexico, and a researcher with the Centro for Change in Rural Mexico (CECCAM).
 

Norman Jiwan is a Kerambai Dayak from West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) and an Indigenous activist protecting their forests from palm oil industries and carbon offset projects under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Deforestation (REDD). Jiwan has affiliation with three NGOs, Sawit Watch (meaning Palm Oil Watch), TUK Indonesia, and Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia.

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Established in 1990, The Indigenous Environmental Network is an international environmental justice nonprofit that works with tribal grassroots organizations to build the capacity of Indigenous communities. IEN’s activities include empowering Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, the health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities.
 
Learn more here: ienearth.org : [link removed]
 

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