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Across the Western US, state and local governments, forest managers, practitioners, landowners, and communities face an urgent question: “How do we care for forests today, so they are better prepared for the wildfires of tomorrow?” ![]()
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The challenge that gets less attention is making sure the forest stewardship projects needed to help reduce wildfire risk and fire severity can actually move forward. ![]()
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Anyone working in forest management knows that projects can draw visible and vocal opposition. See how our Protect What Matters campaign, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and other local partners in Colorado, has been helping the majority supportive of forest management in the Front Range connect to what they care about most, each other, and act on their desire to protect forests they value: www.forest-trends.org/blog/the-west-supports-active-forest-stewardship-its-time-to-make-that-supp...![]()
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Learn more about Protect What Matters: protectwhatmatters.us/
Forest Trends tuvo el gusto de coorganizar el mes pasado, en Mérida, México, el taller “Fortalecimiento de las capacidades institucionales del Gobierno de Yucatán en materia de REDD+ jurisdiccional y cambio climático”, en alianza con la Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable del Gobierno de Yucatán (SDS) y Red MOCAF.![]()
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El taller, realizado durante dos días, tuvo como objetivo conectar a las instituciones que desempeñarán un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de un sistema jurisdiccional de REDD+ (JREDD+) confiable e inclusivo en Yucatán. El encuentro reunió a más de 30 participantes de instituciones estatales y federales mexicanas, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, redes comunitarias y organismos técnicos, como ART (Arquitectura para Transacciones REDD+ ). ![]()
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El equipo de nuestra Iniciativa Comunidades y Gobernanza Territorial (ICGT) compartió contenidos técnicos y aprendizajes derivados de las experiencias de Brasil con los mercados jurisdiccionales de carbono, abordando las responsabilidades de los gobiernos subnacionales, las salvaguardas, la distribución de beneficios, los procesos de consulta y el derecho a la Consulta y al Consentimiento Libres, Previos e Informados (CLPI). ![]()
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El taller contribuyó a establecer una base común de conocimientos entre los actores regionales sobre cambio climático, mercados de carbono, REDD+ y JREDD+, además de identificar prioridades y próximos pasos para el trabajo en Yucatán. Entre los principales resultados también se incluyeron la elaboración de un plan de trabajo conjunto y la definición de acuerdos para seguir fortaleciendo la coordinación institucional, la participación, las salvaguardas y la distribución equitativa de beneficios para los Pueblos Indígenas, las Comunidades Locales y los Pueblos Afrodescendientes durante las etapas de diseño, implementación y monitoreo.![]()
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Agradecemos a todas las personas participantes y a las instituciones aliadas por el intercambio constructivo y por su compromiso con la construcción, desde el primer día, de un proceso jurisdiccional de REDD+ transparente, participativo y de alta integridad.![]()
#REDDJurisdiccional #FinanciamientoClimático #GobernanzaForestal #CLPI #foresttrends
Diversifying funding sources for nature-based solutions for water security is as much about closing short-term investment gaps as it is about building revenue models that can grow and endure over time. ![]()
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Water utilities and their regulators are uniquely positioned to do so through direct investment and system-wide signals they send to other water users. ![]()
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Our partnership w/ ADERASA and The Nature Conservancy aims to further enable investment in nature-based solutions for water security in Latin America: www.forest-trends.org/blog/a-new-partnership-with-aderasa-why-water-utility-regulators-are-strate...
Environmental protection isn’t about enforcement, exclusion, or the assumption that protecting nature requires keeping people out. 25 years partnering with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities has taught us that supporting these guardians is social justice AND an effective way to conserve nature. ![]()
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Our partnerships are about supporting people who have been stewarding landscapes for generations, hold knowledge systems refined over millennia, and see forests as part of their identity and ancestral legacy. ![]()
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More on what we're still learning: Menu > Focus on People > 25 Years of Learning to Listen: www.forest-trends.org/publications/forest-trends-impact-report-2025/
Private investment in nature is heavily concentrated in the Americas. ![]()
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Latin America alone attracted over $15 billion over the last decade, while regions like Africa and Asia remain significantly underfunded despite their critical ecological importance. ![]()
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This reflects Latin America's role as a global timber, commodity, and ecosystem services production center and the region's combination of institutional capacity and investment-ready projects. ![]()
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Download the full report, Gaining Ground; State of Private Investment in Nature, 2026: www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/publications/gaining-ground-state-of-private-investment-in-nature-2026/ ![]()
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Brazil has created a Federal Indigenous University (UNIND), with headquarters set to open in Brasilia in 2027! ![]()
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The creation of UNIND is a response to a long-standing demand from Indigenous movements for higher education that is rooted in Indigenous territories, languages, cultures, histories, memories, arts, and knowledge systems. It is also intended that UNIND will meet the need to expand higher education pathways for Indigenous educators and students, including the thousands of Indigenous teachers currently working in Indigenous schools across Brazil. ![]()
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A few things we know so far: ![]()
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- The university’s mission is to strengthen Indigenous identities and traditional knowledge while creating dialogue with non-Indigenous academia. ![]()
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- After a process of Indigenous consultation, listening sessions, and regional seminars by the Ministry of Education, UNIND is being designed to enter Indigenous knowledge and ensure that higher education in Brazil reflects its cultural, linguistic, and territorial diversity. ![]()
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- The university is expected to initially offer ten higher education courses, serve around 2,800 students, and employ an estimated faculty of 366 professors. ![]()
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Stay tuned for updates!
Without meaningfully incorporating forest governance factors into EUDR country benchmarking, the systems emerging in response to the EUDR risk rewarding appearances rather than realities, leaving forests and their stewards no better off. Papua New Guinea’s designation as “low risk” in the face of its own government reporting widespread corruption in its forestry and land-use sectors is a stark example of this possibility. More from our expert, Kerstin Canby, here: www.forest-trends.org/blog/png-and-failure-of-eudr-benchmarking/
For a window into how our data analysis has been used as a tool against injustice and corruption in Liberia’s forest sector, see our interview with Silas Siakor: Data vs. Goliath. Menu > Data with a Purpose: www.forest-trends.org/publications/forest-trends-impact-report-2025/
¡Ven a trabajar con nosotros! Buscamos un/a Especialista Senior en Comunicaciones para el equipo clave del Proyecto Invirtiendo en la Naturaleza para la Seguridad Hídrica y la Resiliencia Climática en Lima, Peru. La fecha límite es 15 julio 2026.![]()
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Más detalles aquí: www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Convocatoria_Especialista_Senior_Comunicaciones_...
For those following forest-product trade, we have 3 new reports on conflict natural resources and monitoring amidst political crisis in Myanmar and the wider Mekong Region since late February: www.forest-trends.org/publications/
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