Echoing the “one size does not fit all” message of previous speakers who had underlined the importance of varied patterns and actors in landscape transformation, the experts on forest finance also cautioned against ignoring local diversity in the design of financing strategies.
Ecosystems Are Key to Climate Change Adaptation
While efforts to mitigate climate change are still dominating international discussions, vulnerable communities are faced with the onerous task of adapting to the inevitable.
While efforts to mitigate climate change are still dominating international discussions, vulnerable communities are faced with the onerous task of adapting to the inevitable.
Think Big, Think Quickly
Whether REDD will be effective is the hottest question in the forest and climate change arenas right now
Whether REDD will be effective is the hottest question in the forest and climate change arenas right now
The Magic of Mangroves
Mangroves destroyed at a rate of around 150,000 hectares, or around 1 percent, each year, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.
Mangroves destroyed at a rate of around 150,000 hectares, or around 1 percent, each year, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.
Focus on Forests: ‘Humanity’s Only Habitat’
There were high hopes last year that world leaders at the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen would strike a deal on a forests conservation scheme, in which developed countries would pay developing countries to protect their forests.
There were high hopes last year that world leaders at the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen would strike a deal on a forests conservation scheme, in which developed countries would pay developing countries to protect their forests.
Wild Meat for Today and Tomorrow
More sustainable management of tropical wildlife is possible
More sustainable management of tropical wildlife is possible
Agricultural Intensification Has Fed the World, but Are We Healthier?
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal.
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal.
Is Our Global Food System Broken?
An interview with Dr John Ingram, professor at Oxford University
An interview with Dr John Ingram, professor at Oxford University
Cameroon Forest Superfood Scores Best for Women’s Health
Green leaf ‘eru’ key to lower anemia rates, study suggests
Green leaf ‘eru’ key to lower anemia rates, study suggests
Collective Land Rights Don’t Equal Women’s Rights
Policy must consider social relationships, or women will be left behind
Policy must consider social relationships, or women will be left behind
25% of World’s Surface Can Be Better Protected With Rights
Rights emerge as greatest hope for healthy planet at weekend's GLF Bonn 2019
Rights emerge as greatest hope for healthy planet at weekend’s GLF Bonn 2019
Make Food a Priority in Land Reforms
People and rights should be addressed, alongside conservation
People and rights should be addressed, alongside conservation
Number Crunching: Making Sense of Redd+ and Results-Based Payments
Building climate-effective enterprises to realize forest-related emissions reductions
Building climate-effective enterprises to realize forest-related emissions reductions
Biofuels: The Good, The Bad and The Uncertain
— By Angela Dewan Last decade, biofuels were talked about among world leaders like the deus ex machina of the world’s carbon emissions problem. By the middle of the decade, Europe and the United States led biofuel policy, setting ambitious targets to use cleaner energy in the name of climate change mitigation. Leaders were soon…
Forget Tree Planting, Start Tree Going
Tree planting is booming, but what comes next.
Tree planting is booming, but what comes next.
Grooming Future Foresters
A discussion on collaborative efforts to save the forests.
A discussion on collaborative efforts to save the forests.