Forest Trends in the News

Cambodia has lost forest at one of the world’s fastest rates. According to Forest Trends, “95 percent of the timber harvested between 1997 and 1998 was illegally felled.” The country that was once 73% forested now struggles to protect its remaining fragments.

Forest Trends, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, recently released a new report on the state of investment in nature-based solutions for water security. Gena Gammie, Director of Forest Trends’ Global Water Initiative and co-author of the report, joins in conversation about the report’s findings and their implications.

The EUDR’s new country classification lisk, which rates countries based on their risk of deforestation, fails to acknowledge many key countries as ‘high-risk’ and does not factor in timber laundered through global shipping hubs. Highlighting insights from Marigold Watkins, Senior Advisor at Forest Trends, and Kerstin Canby, Senior Director of our Forest Policy, Trade, and […]

The EUDR—and its new country classification list—will do little to curb the constant flow of deforested and illegal timber arriving in European ports via Singapore, India, and China. That is according to Marigold Walkins and Kerstin Canby, from Forest Trends, who spoke to Wood Central about the fundamentally flawed way policymakers have classified 194 countries […]

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a crucial tool in the global fight against climate change. It allows companies, governments, and individuals to purchase carbon credits that represent a reduction or removal of greenhouse gases, offsetting their own emissions. Over the past decade, the VCM has grown rapidly, but it is now entering a new, more complex […]

The policy of allocating forestry land to contractors through forestry companies in Việt Nam has achieved significant success in forest protection and development, as well as improving local livelihoods. Featuring insights from Phuc Xuan To, FPTF’s Managing Director in Vietnam, from a workshop on the “Current Status and Proposed Solutions for Forestry Land Contracting in […]

With its diversity, ranging from livestock, crop cultivation, and forestry, Vietnam’s agriculture sector has great potential to shift towards low-carbon emission production. Featuring insights from Phuc Xuan To, Managing Director of FPTF in Vietnam.

One of the solutions for Vietnam’s timber industry to achieve sustainable development amid the current challenges is to undergo a green transformation. Phuc Xuan To, Managing Director of our FPTF team in Vietnam, speaks to risks posed to businesses if they do note make this transition.

Days after a major earthquake, the junta-controlled Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) is set to auction timber, according to a notice on the enterprise’s website, with bids restricted to US dollars. Features Forest Trends’ recently published report on Myanmar’s forest sector since the coup.

Insights from a workshop Forest Trends co-hosted, discussing the development of rubber production and investment opportunities in Vietnam and Cambodia.