SPECIAL COVERAGE: COP 26

2 May 2022
Following the money: Global recovery rooted in forests, says U.N. report
A new study adds up the latest troubling statistics on forests, making a mathematical argument for their central role in realizing an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable...
18 Apr 2022
Blockchain platform offers reforestation efforts access to carbon finance
In the latest assessment by the U.N. climate science panel, experts emphasized the potential benefits of natural solutions to combat global warming, especially land-based...
31 Jan 2022
REDD+ in DRC: Platform explores next steps for forest carbon, restoration and rights
At COP26 climate change negotiations in Glasgow last year, the role of forests in capturing and storing carbon was high on the agenda, with over 100 countries committing...
26 Jan 2022
Waiting for the end of deforestation: Companies must ante up
Toward the end of last year, it seemed as if it should be “all systems go” regarding global ambitions to end deforestation. Both governments and businesses appeared...
23 Dec 2021
Ensuring REDD+ finance delivers fair finance and benefits to meet climate goals
Establishing standards for measuring, monitoring and assigning financial value to forest-related greenhouse gas emissions is a challenging process due to the wide...
23 Dec 2021
Workshop builds leadership capacity in Indonesian forest sector
Pak Ongko, a 77-year-old farmer and fisherman, used to make a reliable living from the Butini fish (Glossogobius matanensis) and freshwater prawns that teemed in...
20 Dec 2021
Is the formalization of collective tenure rights supporting sustainable Indigenous livelihoods?
Titling Indigenous territories has been discussed in global fora as an essential tool to promote forest conservation. Activism by Indigenous Peoples and their allies...
15 Dec 2021
La declaración sobre los bosques de Glasgow: pasar del entusiasmo a la acción
La Declaración sobre Bosques y Uso de la Tierra que fue presentada en la cumbre climática de Glasgow y que ha recibido el respaldo de 141 países (hasta ahora),...
9 Dec 2021
Deforestation pledge redux: Reflections on “forest loss” as dust settles on Glasgow summit
The Glasgow leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use made  at the COP26 summit on climate change and endorsed by 141 countries at the time of writing...
7 Dec 2021
Sustainable trade and peatland management for emissions reduction and community livelihoods
Growing and trading commodities while protecting and sustainably managing forests and other natural ecosystems from agricultural encroachment is crucial for meeting...