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New comprehensive analysis from The Nature Conservancy and Forest Trends explores global private capital flows to nature
WASHINGTON, DC | June 22, 2026: As climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, protecting and restoring nature is increasingly recognized as essential for environmental and economic resilience. A convergence of structural, market, and policy forces is bringing nature-related risks and opportunities into sharper focus for the private sector, driving increased interest in investing in nature-based solutions. […]
Mongabay: Tiremakers ready to roll with EUDR, but repeated delays frustrate industry
The tire manufacturing industry, a major consumer of natural rubber, says it’s ready for the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, but remains concerned over the latest delay in the rule’s implementation.
Viet Nam News: Soil health critical for agricultural resilience as degradation becomes alarming
Placing soil health at the centre of agricultural policy becomes critical as land degradation is posing a growing threat to productivity and sustainable development of the agricultural sector, experts said at a workshop on May 5.
Mongabay: EU deforestation law nudges timber trade, Indonesia probe shows, but risks persist
JAKARTA — Several European timber firms have cut ties with suppliers linked to deforestation in Indonesia following a 2025 investigation, suggesting that an upcoming European Union regulation is already influencing behavior ahead of its implementation at the end of 2026.
Release: New Analysis Explores Early Governance Impacts of the EU Deforestation Regulation in Producer Countries
Washington, DC, 09 April 2026 — Forest Trends has released a new report examining whether the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is beginning to influence forest governance beyond export supply chains serving the EU market. How the EUDR Is Already Driving Forest Governance Reform: From Market Signal to Systemic Impact reviews early responses from producer country governments. It finds that while […]
AllAfrica: Liberia Cannot Afford to Look Away From Its $2.7 Billion Unaccounted Mining Fund
THE LATEST REPORT by Forest Trends, drawing on data from the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, exposes what may be one of the most troubling economic contradictions of our time–a staggering US$2.7 billion discrepancy between what Liberia reports as mineral exports and what the world says it receives.
Daily Observer: Liberia Short-changed by Decades of Mining Deals
The report, A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector, commissioned by Forest Trends, Forest Trends, a Washington DC-based NGO, and partners, paints a troubling picture of systemic revenue leakages, weak governance, environmental degradation, and broken promises to communities—raising urgent questions about whether Liberia’s natural wealth has become more of a curse than a blessing.
Front Page Africa: Latest Report Shows Liberia Losing Billions In Mining Revenue As Forests Degrade, Communities Shortchanged
The report, titled “A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector with a Focus on the Local Impacts on Forests and People,” was commissioned by Forest Trends and conducted by Liberian and international experts using data from institutions including the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI).
Release: Liberia Losing Millions in Mining Revenue, Undermining Communities, Forests, and the Government’s Development and Climate Goals
Monrovia, Liberia, 27 March 2026 — A new report, A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector, with a Focus on the Local Impacts on Forests and People, finds that the Government of Liberia could be losing millions of dollars in mining revenue yearly, while communities miss out on promised benefits and environmental damage continues to […]
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 […]
