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Social forestry (SF) has been expanding in Southeast Asia for over 40 years. Between 2010 and 2024, the area under SF grew from 6.7 to over 15.3 million hectares. This growth has coincided with stronger legal frameworks that secure rights and deliver greater benefits to local tenure holders.

Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), forests are increasingly recognised not only as vital ecosystems and a source of well-being for local communities but also as a key part of the region’s response to climate change, biodiversity loss, and rural poverty.

On March 27, 2026, the regional workshop “From Farm to Consumer: Articulation for Resilient, Sustainable and Forest-Friendly Agri-food Value Chains” was held, focusing on the cocoa value chain in Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of the webinar series organized by the UN-REDD Programme.

The Government of Papua New Guinea through the Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) in partnership with The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), an accredited entity of the Green Climate Fund has launched a national inception workshop to initiate implementation of the Papua New Guinea Green Climate Fund (GCF) Results-Based Payment (RBP) Pilot Programme.

On March 13, 2026, the webinar series “From Farm to Consumer: Articulation for Resilient, Sustainable and Forest-Friendly Agrifood Value Chains” was launched, organized by the UN-REDD Programme, a joint initiative of FAO, UNDP and UNEP. The inaugural session focused on the coffee sector, one of the main drivers of rural development in Latin America and a crop closely linked to the region’s forest landscapes.

Sustainable agriculture and forests are mutually reinforcing pillars that support Africa’s long-term development. With agriculture central to the continent’s economies and projected population growth, strengthening agriculture–forestry linkages is increasingly recognized as a key transformation needed to enhance productivity, resilience, livelihood, and food security while reducing deforestation.

As the UN-REDD Programme enters its 2026–2030 strategic phase, strengthening transparency, integrity, and ambition in forest-based climate action has become more important than ever.

In the south-west of Côte d’Ivoire, coastal and mangrove forests meet the Atlantic Ocean in the San Pedro region - one of Côte d’Ivoire’s top tourist destinations, known for its wide, quiet beaches and proximity to protected areas. Tourists visit for the scenery, the wildlife, and the chance to see marine turtles lay eggs at night. These natural features make the region both ecologically and economically important. 

Colombia has positioned forests as a central pillar of its climate strategy. This commitment is reflected in key policy instruments such as the National Strategy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (ENREDD+), the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Climate Action Law, and the national reports submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Achieving these ambitious targets requires not only robust policy frameworks but also the capacity to translate national commitments into coordinated action on the ground. 

With a strong commitment and shared vision, participants of the regional dialogue on forest-positive agriculture created an action-focused roadmap to accelerate country-owned solutions to address agriculture-linked deforestation in Africa.