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Climate

Webinar – Buying In: Taking Stock of the Role of Offsets in Corporate Carbon Strategies

Washington, D.C., United States

Join Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace and IETA for a free webinar to explore the findings of our newest report, Buying In: Taking Stock of the Role of Offsets in Corporate Carbon Strategies. Ecosystem Marketplace has been tracking the carbon markets for over a decade, and this new report complements this research with a deep-dive into the […]

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Communities

Launch of the Yawanawa Life Plan in Acre, Brazil

Ceremonial Center Tuinkuru, São Vicente, Brazil

Forest Trends’ Communities Initiative is excited to join the Yawanawa people of Acre, Brazil as they celebrate the launch of their Life Plan. The event will take place in the village of São Vicente, Tarauacá-Acre on April 3rd at 16:30 ACT. The Yawanawa Life Plan establishes how land should be managed in order to preserve their forests and the […]

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Talks on Ecosystem Services and Communities

São Paulo & Belém, Brazil

The practice of payments for ecosystem services (PES) can be a strategy to ensure environmental preservation. PES has a social and environmental role, but there needs to be safeguards in place to ensure the protection of traditional and local communities’ rights, and the environment.  In 2015, Forest Trends established the Brazil Matrix, which mapped existing […]

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Water

World Water Week

Stockholm City Conference Centre, Stockholm, Sweden

World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute). This year was the jubilee year for both the Week and the Stockholm Water Prize. The theme was Water for Development. In 2015, over 3,000 individuals and close to 300 convening […]

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Deforestation forum: How business can tackle deforestation

Pew Conference Center, Washington, DC, USA

As part of a broader, global series of meetings, including London and Singapore, this forum will bring together key corporate practitioners, NGOs and governmental representatives for a post COP21 outlook, to discuss and debate how far we have come in tackling deforestation risks, implementing policies and collaborating effectively. There will be focused debates and practical […]

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Biodiversity

National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference

Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, USA

The NMEBC Conference presents current and timely content and dialogue on important issues through interactive sessions, panels, moderated forums and training. Dialogue between bankers, regulators, customers/users, environmentalists and supporting government agencies is a primary focus of this annual conference. The Conference has grown to 400 + attendees that are serious about their participation in the Conference.  Click […]

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Water

CDP’s Global Water Forum

UN University in Toronto, Tokyo, Japan

A water value revolution is underway. A large and growing number of the world’s largest companies and institutional investors have woken up to water’s key role in sustainable economic growth. You are invited to attend CDP’s 2015 Global Water Forum, taking place on October 22 in Tokyo, Japan. Join us to learn how leading corporations […]

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Water

XVth IWRA World Water Congress

Edinburgh International Conference Center, Edinburgh, Scotland

Held every three years since 1973, the World Water Congress is one of the most important events in the water field.  The Congress provides a large cross-section of players from around the world and from all disciplines with a single forum to connect. The Congress not only allows stakeholders to share experiences and promote discussion, […]

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Launch Events: Brazil Matrix for Ecosystem Services / Eventos de Lançamento: Matriz Brasileira de Serviços Ecossistêmicos

Av. Paulista, 1313, 4o andar – edifício sede da FIESP, São Paulo, Brazil

Incentivos Econí´micos para Serviços Ecossistêmicos no Brasil Cada vez mais as discussões nacionais e internacionais consideram o papel das florestas e de outros usos do solo como provedores de bens e serviços ambientais e na mitigação dos efeitos negativos da variabilidade e mudança climática regional.  Consequentemente, incentivos econí´micos e polí­ticas públicas vêm sendo criados para […]

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8th ESP World Conference

Spier Wine farm and Conference Center, Stellenbosch, South Africa

The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is a worldwide network, founded in 2008, to enhance the science and practical application of ecosystem services. To facilitate the needed dialogue between scientists, policy makers and practitioners ESP organises an annual international conference in different parts of the world. The 8th World ESP conference will be held in South […]