REDD+ is entering an exciting new phase. After years of preparation, an increasing number of countries are advancing in the implementation of REDD+ actions on the ground. One such country...

The Lower Mekong basin is of global significance, boasting an incredibly high diversity of forest habitats. These forests are home not only to diverse and rare wildlife but are also...

The scene of women carrying leaves from “In” trees, or Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, back to their villages is quite common in rural Myanmar. The leaves are collected in forests and used...

  Forests play a pivotal role in combating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere. Together with improved land management, forests and trees could provide up to 30...

Forests underpin life on Earth. Globally, around 2.4 billion people or one-third of the entire human population depend directly on forests for wood for cooking their daily meals. And we...

Ecosystem degradation negatively impacts the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people globally, with severe implications on global GDP. Investing in ecosystem restoration has been proven to support livelihoods, provide...

The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to local conflicts and protects human...

WHEN: Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:00-13:00 CEST WHERE: Zoom, bit.ly/FOcovid (to receive the login details for the webinar series, please email [email protected]) LANGUAGE: Simultaneous interpretation in EN/ES/FR   The ramifications of the COVID

Ecuador has been engaging in national efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the forest sector, as an integral part of the National Action Plan for REDD+. Hence, the Ministry of...

Uganda has become the first African country to submit REDD+ results to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), paving the way to potential results-based payments. In its...

The Executive Board of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) approved a USD 1.2 million project aimed at assessing the recent drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in 6 countries...

  Date: Wednesday 15 July Time: 14:30 – 16:00 CEST Platform: Zoom Fast registration HERE (Please note that webinars have a limit of 1,000 simultaneous participants. For every webinar, we will proceed with providing...

In September 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with Planet to provide high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery to support the national forest...

Join our online session “Forest data and transparency: ‘Zoom’ in on Costa Rica’s experience”: WHEN: Tuesday21 July 2020, 16:00-17:00 CEST WHERE: Zoom LANGUAGE: English REGISTER HERE   Costa Rica has made many efforts to monitor and...

The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented challenge to virtually every aspect of society, including not only human health but also the economy and the environment. The impacts...

On World Youth Skills Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Global...

Originally published on El pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/07/20/planeta_futuro/1595242756_644516.html A menudo, los países se ven en una encrucijada en la que son conscientes de que el modelo de desarrollo que han seguido durante años ya...

The Government of Equatorial Guinea, led by the Ministry of Taxes, Economy and Planning (MHEP) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment (MAGBOMA), with the technical support of...

In Costa Rica, deforestation peaked in the 1980s; at that point in time the country had one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. However, according to the State of...

Nearly 20 years have passed since the first time I stepped into a mangrove forest, yet it is still among my fondest memories. I was already captivated by mangrove ecology...