Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) are lands and waters where Indigenous governments have the primary role in protecting and conserving culture and ecosystems through Indigenous laws, governance, and knowledge systems. IPCAs can enable continued storage and sequestration of carbon in natural ecosystems because protecting and restoring the land increases the overall stock of carbon pulled out, and kept out, of the atmosphere. Recent carbon offset projects led by Indigenous communities worldwide have been shown to support community objectives around revenue, land use, and resilience. Some carbon offset project types — such as those based on conservation — generate revenue by maintaining and enhancing natural processes in a defined geographical area and then reflecting the climate benefit as an environmental ...
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