"They are harassing us saying 'this land doesn’t belong to you anymore'"

Amarlal Baiga’s land has been stolen to make way for a tree planting project – part of an offsetting scheme that allows companies in India to destroy a forest in one area as long as new trees are planted elsewhere. In this case forest is being replaced by a teak plantation which in no way compensates for the loss of a biodiverse forest. This is a so-called #NatureBasedSolution that won’t save the planet and robs Indigenous peoples, who have contributed the least to the climate crisis, of their land and their self sufficiency.

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