that the population came here and created a ring of poverty around our city causing a really big social problem here, ” the mayor of the nearby town Antonina explains in a film about the project. “it’s a game that only has economic aims. It favours big businesses and NGOs. They don’t care about the environment, they care about profit, the NGOs as the businesses; through carbon credits, they keep polluting, they keep earning more. And it’s the community that pays the price for all of this,” a resident descrides his experience with guaraquecaba forest project.