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Voluntary Carbon Market

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Transactions of Verified Emissions Reductions generated from projects certified under the voluntary certification standards comprise the voluntary carbon market. It is currently the only global market for the trade of REDD+ credits.

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Maneuvering the Mosaic. State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2013

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