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Analysis:Can African Countries Benefit from the Paris Agreement’s Recognition of Carbon Markets?
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Land Use, Markets, and the Green New Deal: a Conversation With Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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UN Promises: No Double-Counting on Aviation Offsets, but No Transparency, Either
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Six Leading Commodity Groups Agree to Come Clean on Cerrado Impact

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So What Just Happened at the Climate Talks?

I’m writing this post from Washington, DC, where we just experienced the wettest year on record. In Paris, officials struggle to contain violent protests triggered by a fuel tax increase designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Residents of Canada, Sweden, and the US West are still picking up the pieces after record-breaking wildfire seasons. In […]

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Looking Back on Two Decades in the Greater Mekong: “We Can Prevent Deforestation Long Before it Happens.”

What is the greatest driver of global deforestation? The answer may surprise you. Illegal deforestation persistently undermines global efforts to fight climate change. For that reason, for nearly twenty years Forest Trends has pioneered new strategies for tracing the flows of illegal timber across the world, and for working in both producer and consumer countries […]

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Carbon Sinks are Our Best Climate Hedge. So Where’s the Money?

Land-based carbon sinks – the forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems that pull carbon emissions from the atmosphere – are getting a lot of attention recently. That’s because scientists have shown we now need “negative emissions” to meet the Paris target of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius – a key tipping point for climate change. Together, we need […]

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How to Rebuild Global Carbon Sinks

Land-based carbon sinks – the forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems that pull carbon emissions from the atmosphere – are getting a lot of attention recently. That’s because scientists have shown we now need “negative emissions” to meet the Paris target of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius – a key tipping point for climate change. Together, we need to […]

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Skoll - Hanging in the Balance

What does it take to change the world? In the..

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The Infrastructure Upgrade, Reimagined – Global Waters – Medium

The Infrastructure Upgrade, Reimagined – Global Waters – Medium The Infrastructure Upgrade, Reimagined – Global Waters – Medium medium.com In Peru, a new cross-sector initiative supported by USAID and the Government of Canada is moving beyond concrete-and-steel projects to an…

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On #GivingTuesday, An Investment in Optimism

On #GivingTuesday, An Investment in Optimism On #GivingTuesday, An Investment in Optimism mailchi.mp Why is Forest Trends optimistic about the global climate challenge? Because it's in our DNA - and because we already know the power of entrepreneurial strategies and creative partnerships to change the world.

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Nature can be one-third of the solution to climate change - so why is it only one percent of the conversation?

We are so excited to have joined Nature4Climate..

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Natural Infrastructure for Water Security in Peru

Two out of three Peruvians live under water stress..

Natural Infrastructure for Water Security in Peru Natural Infrastructure for Water Security in Peru youtube.com We all depend on our most important resource: Water. So, we depend on natural infrastructure, like wetlands, forests, and glaciers, that captures, filters, s...

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Stewards of the Forest

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. A year ago, Forest..

Stewards of the Forest Stewards of the Forest vimeo.com Nestled deep in the Brazilian Amazon along the Peruvian border, the state of Acre contains about 15 million hectares of land – most of which remains pristine…

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Lake Piuray supplies nearly half of Cusco’s..

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US and Canadian Governments Invest US $27.5 Million in Innovative Natural Infrastructure Program to Deliver Water Security and Climate Resilience for Peru

We are very proud to be working with the US and..

US and Canadian Governments Invest US $27.5 Million in Innovative Natural Infrastructure Program to Deliver Water Security and Climate Resilience for Peru US and Canadian Governments Invest US $27.5 Million in Innovative Natural Infrastructure Program to Deliver Water Security and Climate Resilience for Peru forest-trends.org The two countries are supporting a collaborative effort spanning government, businesses, communities, and civil society in Peru to protect the natural systems – grasslands, forests, and wetlands – that can help safeguard water supplies today, and for future generations. Importantly, this new inv...

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GreenBiz.com

We are inspired by this!

GreenBiz.com GreenBiz.com "There’s a general gap in support for any business that’s not tech," Luni Libes, a longtime entrepreneur and founder of the Seattle-based "conscious company accelerator" Fledge, said.

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The Surui Forest Carbon Project
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How to Rebuild Global Carbon Sinks
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Carbon Sinks are Our Best Climate Hedge. So Where’s the Money?
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Forests
Feb 19, 2019
Looking Back on Two Decades in the Greater Mekong: “We Can Prevent Deforestation Long Before it Happens.”
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IMHEA International Network Gathers in Cusco to Trade Notes on Hydrological Monitoring in the Andean Region
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A Journey down the Mekong with Forest Trends

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