How do we avoid using land-based peoples as vehicles of further financial wealth concentration?

[Patrick-Akik_Takat_validator]

(this conversation started in the thread “Proposal #4 Signalling Proposal” )

We could also call this thread:

• How can Regen Network promote self-governance, sovereignty, and autonomy of land-based peoples?
• How can Regen Network promote real cultural and ecological regeneration, and not a speculative bubble that moves a lot of money without achieving real regeneration?

Threats to consider (maybe each one could have its own thread, but to get started, let’s use this thread):

• speculative bubble
• further wealth concentration, i.e. increased economic inequality
• intermediaries and prospectors (especially greedy, dishonest people)
• loss of sovereignty
• land grabs

Maybe the thread about Regen Ledger uses besides credits will be relevant to this thread.

The example I started earlier:

@patogit

Ok, so to make the example more concrete: an oil company chooses to buy offsets (we’re not talking about regulatory obligations because Regen Network isn’t qualified for that arena yet, right?), so they buy the credits and then retire them, and count that as part of their annual portfol

[Patrick-Akik_Takat_validator]

Here are some analysis and proposals from indigenous peoples, other land-based peoples, and scientists, to read and watch:

• https://climatefalsesolutions.org/
• https://www.ienearth.org/distraction-from-climate-action-article-6-false-solutions-video/ (and the rest of the IEN website)
• https://co2colonialism.org/