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Amazon Tribes Win Lawsuit Over Carbon Credits In Colombia

The Pira Parana territory is host to 17 communities of six different tribes (Credit: AFP)

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent.

Indigenous communities living in the remote area of Pira Parana had accused US-based Ruby Canyon Environmental and Colombian company Masbosques, which acted as an intermediary, of illegally foisting the deal on them.

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