About
431 Results found. From 1997 - 2024
News
- 9 Jan 2014
Despite enthusiasm for REDD+, deforestation in Peru continues
Peru needs to balance the demands for forest conservation and economic growth in order to achieve zero net deforestation.
Event Coverage
- 20 Dec 2013
Time to ‘connect the dots’ among gender, forests, REDD+, experts say
Capturing the gender dimension in a REDD+ program is a process, not an end goal.
News
- 11 Dec 2013
Degradation: When is a forest no longer a forest?
Scientists aim to clear up misconceptions and show that there are many dimensions to forest degradation.
Video
- 9 Dec 2013
New technologies key to community monitoring for REDD+
Mobile phones and facebook prove to be versatile and rapid mediums for REDD+ implementation and monitoring.
Event Coverage
- 2 Dec 2013
‘Landscapes approach’ dovetails with REDD+, scientist says
The United States, Britain and Norway pledge donations to help countries maintain sustainable forest landscapes.
News
- 2 Dec 2013
Use Hansen high-res forest cover maps wisely, experts say
Researchers should take care with different definitions and interpretation of what exactly forest cover is.
Event Coverage
- 2 Dec 2013
The “COP for forests”: A summary of the Warsaw decisions
A package of seven decisions termed “The Warsaw Framework” now completes the Cancun agreements on REDD+.
News
- 27 Nov 2013
REDD+ highlights tenure problems, but does not solve them
State's need to confront their own policies to address some of the most serious tenure problems at the local level.
News
- 16 Nov 2013
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help
Reinforcing farmers’ existing capacities could promote agro-forestry practices less detrimental forest.
Event Coverage
- 15 Nov 2013
Philippines’ Tony La Viña on building a global coalition to end climate change
We need to engage citizens in the battle to combat and adapt to climate change.
News
- 15 Nov 2013
When tenure reform for REDD+ needs a second wind
Broader, national programs for land tenure reform are needed to support tenure progress achieved through REDD+.
News
- 15 Nov 2013
When tenure reform for REDD+ needs a second wind
Most popular
CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time – biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity.
In Focus
The views expressed in Forests News are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the CIFOR-ICRAF.
This site is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Forests News is governed under CIFOR-ICRAF’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Forests News is governed under CIFOR-ICRAF’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.