About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

39 Stan. Envtl. L. J. 71 (2019-2020)
Returning the Yurok Forest to the Yurok Tribe: California's First Tribal Carbon Credit Project

handle is hein.journals/staev39 and id is 79 raw text is: Returning the Yurok Forest to the Yurok Tribe: California's First Tribal Carbon Credit Project Beth Rose Middleton Manning Kaitlin Reed' The Yurok Tribe's 57,578-acre land acquisition is significant for its size (one of the largest tribal conservation land acquisitions in the US), funding mechanisms (carbon offsets, State Revolving Loan fund, non- point source loans, and new market tax credits), innovation (the first forest carbon offset project under the California Compliance Offset Protocol) and partnerships (conservation, tribal, private, and state). It exemplifies the exercise of inherent tribal sovereignty to achieve economic development, land reclamation, and recognition of Indigenous ecological authority. The Yurok Tribe incorporated management of the forest to sequester carbon into its own cultural stewardship framework, and did so in a way that changed the terms of the California carbon offset program to enable tribal participation. The Tribe has exercised its status as a sovereign entity to influence natural resource policy in the state, create international diplomatic relations with Indigenous peoples in other nations considering cap-and-trade, and to insert Indigenous values into climate change policy. Focusing on the Yurok forest carbon offsets, this article highlights the possibilities of using the sale of carbon 1. Beth Rose Middleton Manning is Assoc. Prof. and Chair, and current Yocha Dehe Endowed Chair, in the Dept. of Native American Studies at UC Davis. Kaitlin Reed is an Assist: Prof. in the Dept. of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University. The authors would like to acknowledge and express their gratitude for the contributions of Javier Kinney (former Yurok Tribe Executive Director), Cam Tredennick, and Nathan Voegeli, as well as the suggestions provided by Yurok Tribe environmental and legal staff. 71

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most