BRAZIL: MUNDURUKU CHIEF CLARIFIES REDD CONTRACT FARSE with Celestial Green Ventures
"Chief Osmarino explained that after the REDD meeting, twelve individuals; Indigenous Munduruku that were not chiefs nor in any other representational position, non-indigenous advisors, councilors of the municipality and representatives of the corporation, continued a closed, secretly held meeting in a hotel, where the contract was signed. "The chiefs were against the company's carbon credit sales contract proposal, but some Indigenous and others, such as councilors of the municipality, signed the contract" explained chief Osmarino. "We did not know it, we learned that the contract was signed through the internet" he added."
