Asia's farmlands are becoming a major target for carbon credit projects. The region already produces more than half of global carbon credits. By 2030, Asian countries is expected to generate nearly US$10 billion worth of carbon credits annually.Thousands of Asian farmers, who struggle at the frontlines of the climate crisis, are being asked to join these projects, compelled to give up control over their lands and change their farming practices for decades. These carbon credit projects can take various forms. Some involve displacing farmers from their lands for tree plantations. Others contract small farmers to grow crops in certain ways, to plant trees or to change the ways they graze their animals.Governments, carbon credit company officers and conservation NGOs are telling farmers that by joining such projects they will help solve the climate crisis and make money. This is not the real story-- and farmers need to know that there are serious risks and dangers in signing up to these schemes.The full publication can be accessed here