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Release: Mining Emerges as Major Driver of Forest Loss in Myanmar Pilot, as Local Authorities Sustain Forest Governance Without Central Government
Washington, DC, 18 March 2026 — Forest Trends’ newest report, Forest Governance Without a Central Government: A Subnational Monitoring and Response Model from the Ethnic Territories of Myanmar, shows that environmental governance can continue even in the absence of a functioning national government. In Myanmar, where the 2021 military coup dismantled central oversight of natural resources, authorities in ethnic territories have demonstrated that […]
Release: Forest Trends’ CTGI Advances Community-led Restoration and Digital Innovation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Brazil, 13 March 2026 — Forest Trends’ Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative (CTGI) is advancing an integrated landscape restoration and agroforestry strategy across the Ribeira and Paraíba Valleys of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest—one of the world’s most biodiverse and historically threatened tropical biomes, with only approximately 12 percent of its original cover remaining. In partnership with Digital […]
Release: Nature Crimes in the Mekong Region are Fueling Global Criminal Economies
Washington, DC, 11 March 2026 — Forest Trends’ newest report finds that illegal logging, mining, wildlife trafficking, and natural gas exploitation in the Mekong Region are financing transnational criminal networks that reach far beyond Southeast Asia. Nature Crimes: The Convergence of Criminal Economies in the Mekong Region reveals how the illegal extraction and trade of […]
Release: Ikorē Launches Balaio de Memórias, a New Digital Platform with Historical Archive of the Brazilian Indigenous Movement, with Support from Forest Trends
Washington, DC, 09 March 2026 —Forest Trends supported Ikorē’s recent publishing of the Balaio de Memórias (or “Basketful of Memories” in Portuguese) website, which is a digital platform that gathers and publicizes the historical archive of Brazil’s Indigenous Culture Center (Núcleo de Cultura Indígena, or NCI). This archive was produced between the 1980s and 1990s, during a period of […]
Publicação: Ikorē lança Balaio de Memórias, uma plataforma digital com acervo histórico do movimento indígena brasileiro, com apoio da Forest Trends
Washington, DC, 9 de março de 2026 — A Forest Trends apoiou a publicação da Ikorē do Balaio de Memórias, uma plataforma digital que reúne e disponibiliza ao público o acervo histórico do Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (NCI), produzido entre as décadas de 1980 e 1990 — um período de intensa articulação entre povos indígenas de […]
Lanzamiento: Forest Trends inicia nueva fase de proyecto de REDD+ Jurisdiccional con Pueblos Indígenas y Comunidades Locales
Washington, DC, 5 de marzo de 2026 —La Iniciativa Comunidades y Gobernanza Territorial (ICGT) de Forest Trends, con el apoyo de la Fundación Walmart, anunció una nueva fase de trabajo para fortalecer la inclusión equitativa y efectiva de los Pueblos Indígenas, Comunidades Locales y Pueblos Afrodescendientes (PPII, CCLL y ADP) en el financiamiento climático jurisdiccional, con el objetivo de […]
Release: Forest Trends Launches New Phase of Jurisdictional REDD+ Project With Local Communities
Washington, DC, 05 March 2026 — Forest Trends’ Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative (CTGI), with support from the Walmart Foundation, announced a new phase of work to strengthen the equitable and effective inclusion of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples (IPs, LCs, & ADs) in jurisdictional climate finance, with a focus on scaling and […]
Publicação: Forest Trends inicia nova fase de projeto de REDD+ Jurisdicional com Povos Indígenas e Comunidades Tradicionais
Washington, DC, 5 de março de 2026 — A Iniciativa Comunidades e Governança Territorial da Forest Trends (ICGT), com o apoio da Fundação Walmart, anunciou uma nova fase de trabalho para fortalecer a participação efetiva e equitativa de Povos Indígenas, Comunidades Tradicionais e Povos Afrodescendentes (PIs, CTs e ADs) no financiamento climático jurisdicional, com foco em ampliar e acelerar programas de REDD+ Jurisdicional (JREDD+) no Brasil […]
Release: New Analysis Finds Myanmar Timber Trade Declining Amid Sanctions and Junta Instability
Washington, DC, 03 March 2026 — A new update from Forest Trends finds that international trade in forest products from Myanmar has slowed due in part to sanctions imposed by the United States (US), Canada, and European countries after the 2021 military coup. The briefing, An Update on the Impact of International Sanctions on Myanmar’s […]
Publicación: Nueva publicación conjunta establece orientación práctica sobre el Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado en proyectos de carbono
Washington, DC, 02 de Marzo de 2026 — Landesa y Forest Trends publican nuevo protocolo que describe enfoque basado en derechos para la consulta y el Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado (CLPI) en el desarrollo de proyectos de carbono. Consulta y Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado: Una práctica de referencia para proyectos de carbono ofrece orientación práctica para integrar el CLPI en los […]
