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Nikkei Asia: Vietnam’s Furniture Sector ‘nervous’ over US logging probe
Washington investigates nation’s timber industry and ties to illegal logging overseas.
New Report: Finance for Forest Carbon Doubled since 2016, but Still Far from Meeting its Potential as a Natural Climate Solution
A new report from Ecosystem Marketplace released today shows that funding to conserve and increase carbon stored in forests around the world has more than doubled between 2016 and 2019. But authors say forest carbon finance still falls far short of what’s needed to counter global forest loss and support increased climate ambition. Unless tropical […]
“Voces por el agua”: primer encuentro sobre gestión hídrica sostenible para comunicadores
“Voces por el agua”, el primer encuentro nacional de comunicadores por la gestión hídrica se realizará del 14 al 16 de junio de manera virtual, y será organizado por la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA) y Forest Trends, en el marco del proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica.
La Republica: Revelan importante rol de la infraestructura natural en la prevención de la erosión y deslizamientos
Investigación sostiene que el manejo de ecosistemas es una opción efectiva para reducir riesgos de desastres y que pueden complementar a las obras en infraestructura gris.
Mongabay: Estudio revela que palma aceitera y soya se cultivan en bosques talados de manera ilegal
Según una investigación de Forest Trends en América Latina el 88 % de la deforestación para los agronegocios es de origen ilegal. En la región, Brasil lidera la lista de países más deforestados seguido por Bolivia, Colombia, México y Perú.
Mongabay: ‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees – but how?
After a string of deadly typhoons in late 2020, Vietnam’s prime minister called for the country to plant 1 billion trees nationwide by 2025 to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding.
Mongabay: Illegal clearing for agriculture is driving tropical deforestation: Report
In a new report, NGO Forest Trends found that at least 69% of tropical forests cleared for agricultural activities such as ranching and farmland between 2013 and 2019 was done in violation of national laws and regulations.
We Economic Forum: How nature can help carbon-intensive companies meet their net-zero commitments
For hard-to-abate sectors like transport, energy and aviation, tropical forests are a key tool for setting and following through on ambitious net-zero climate commitments; The new LEAF Coalition offers a high-integrity platform for public-private co-investment in forests at the scale necessary to support Paris Agreement targets; Nature-based solutions need greater transparency, high-integrity standards and clear […]
Inside Climate News: Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down
In the seven years since governments and corporations promised to stop deforestation, the clear cutting of critically important tropical forests has instead increased by more than 50 percent, a new report shows, with commercial agriculture driving most of the increase.
