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Cambodia pioneering world's first carbon trading cooperative

With the global carbon trade booming, environmental projects in developing countries have joined forces to finance their poverty reduction efforts by selling carbon credits collectively As a rule, the world of carbon credits is dominated by large- scale industrial projects backed by international companies with deep pockets. But Cambodia is proving to be the exception by playing host to the first-ever carbon cooperative of NGOs and other small groups hoping to increase their clout over climate change reform. It has taken more than three years for the French NGO Geres (Groupement