Os recursos provenientes do financiamento climático estão sendo alocados, em grandes quantidades, em mecanismos responsáveis por remunerar proprietários e administradores de terras pelas reduções de emissões obtidas com a proteção e restauração de áreas que atuam como sumidouros de carbono florestais. Estes mecanismos, incluindo o REDD+ jurisdicional e o mercado voluntário de carbono, apresentam novas […]
Climate finance is pouring into mechanisms that pay land managers for the emissions reductions achieved from protecting and restoring forest carbon sinks. These mechanisms, including jurisdictional REDD+ and the voluntary carbon market, present new opportunities for indigenous communities worldwide – who are widely recognized as the planet’s most effective protectors of forests – but also […]
February 14, 2023 / Ecosystem Marketplace, an initiative of the non-profit Forest Trends, has launched a new effort with support from the United States Department of State Office of Global Change to support developing country governments in considering how international carbon markets could enhance their national climate strategies. Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) will provide information and […]
The Illegal Deforestation and Associated Trade (IDAT) Risk Data Tool – Cattle Products (Cattle Data Tool) allows users to access and manipulate data related to the global trade of cattle products, with a focus on potential links to illegal deforestation. Users can identify, quantify and visualize key information which raise flags on the potential risk […]
For the first time in years, there is an administration in Brazil that is aligned with our priorities here at Forest Trends – in particular those of supporting local and indigenous environmental defenders, and advancing governance and policy that aims to conserve the environment rather than exploit it. Brazil is in the midst of several […]
As deforestation rates soar in the Amazon, national and regional governments are under pressure from the international community to control forest loss. The problem is that the current economic growth model relies on forest conversion for agriculture and livestock production, putting immense pressure on the forest and the indigenous communities living in it. But alternative […]
Forest Trends partners with indigenous communities in Brazil’s Tupi Mosaic to develop economic enterprises that promote forest conservation. We’re building sustainable value chains for açaí, artisan products, Brazil nuts, and cacao, and demonstrating the business model for native seeds and seedlings. The “Amazon Bioeconomy” we are building mimics traditional Amazon management systems, creating a diversity […]
By developing and operating the domestic carbon market, Vietnam will effectively reduce carbon emissions. Phuc Xuan To of Forest Trends gives his insight on net-zero commitments and what they mean for Vietnamese businesses.
A pending European Union ban on the import of products linked to deforestation will be the first of its kind as well as a welcome step forward in protecting global resources. But financial penalties will not be enough to end deforestation in corrupt nations like Cambodia, where the practice stems more from political imperatives than […]
