As the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) continues to mature, there has been a recent wave of policy updates, investment milestones, and signals of increased global coordination. Here are the key voluntary carbon market updates shaping the landscape from May 2025.
In Brazil, we are in the process of conducting Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes with Indigenous peoples living in the Brazilian Amazon. For Wildlife Works, FPIC is the foundation of a long-term partnership between the community and the REDD+ project developer. FPIC is a process of capacity building, listening, and co-creation. Learn more about this process in this blog.
Through the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) process, diverse parts of the community members came together, from leaders, to women, youth, and elders, to discuss and decide on the REDD+ Project in Gerbang Barito.