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Peoples Forests Partnership establece un Comité Ejecutivo Interino para impulsar el financiamiento climático basado en derechos y garantizar financiamiento directo a los Pueblos Indígenas y Comunidades Locales
Washington DC 22 junio 2022 – Los miembros fundadores de Peoples Forests Partnership firmaron el Acta Constitutiva en Washington DC el 14 de junio de 2022, establecieron formalmente el Comité Ejecutivo Interino de la Asociación y su estructura para la toma de decisiones. Anunciada el 7 de noviembre en la Cumbre Climática de las Naciones […]
Announcing FSC and Ecosystem Marketplace collaboration
We are happy to announce a three-year collaboration agreement with Forest Stewardship Council to develop shared insights regarding carbon markets and non-carbon benefits. Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace initiative has recently signed a three-year agreement with Forest Stewardship Council (FSCGD GmbH) to collaborate and develop shared insights regarding carbon markets and non-carbon benefits as they pertain […]
Vietnam News Agency: Now is the time for sustainable Vietnamese certified natural rubber: experts
Global demand for sustainable natural rubber has been increasing and expanding, and experts have said that great market opportunities will open for Vietnam if sustainable natural rubber production receives adequate Government support with enterprises determined to follow sustainable development.
Mongabay: Consumer countries mull best approach to end deforestation abroad
Major global consumers like the U.K., the U.S. and the EU are debating how best to reduce the amount of tropical deforestation resulting from the production of the commodities they import.
MSN Peru: Se recuperan bosques para asegurar “El agua del futuro”
Con motivo de las celebraciones por el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente 2022 que se celebró este 5 de junio, desde la ciudad de Moyobamba se realizó la presentación de importantes proyectos que asegurarán el agua del futuro para las poblaciones amazónicas de dicha provincia y que forman parte de los avances para enfrentar el […]
Mongabay: Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report
Despite sanctions imposed following the February 2021 coup, Myanmar exported more than $190 million worth of timber, including to countries that have sanctions on the country’s state-controlled timber monopoly, according to a new report from Forest Trends.
Mongabay: Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns
Demand for wood from ipê trees in the Amazon Basin could lead to their extinction if better international trade regulations aren’t implemented soon, according to a new report from Forest Trends.
Mongabay: To cooperatively stop deforestation for commodities, navigating ‘legal’ vs ‘zero’ is key (commentary)
As a decade-long effort by the private sector to voluntarily eliminate deforestation from commodity supply chains stalls, the EU, UK, and US are all considering trade regulations. But policy makers and advocates have been debating the relative merits of trade barriers based on a “legality” or “zero-deforestation” standard: we believe this presents a false dichotomy. […]
Mongabay: To cooperatively stop deforestation for commodities, navigating ‘legal’ vs ‘zero’ is key (commentary)
As a decade-long effort by the private sector to voluntarily eliminate deforestation from commodity supply chains stalls, the EU, UK, and US are all considering legality-based trade regulations. Forest Trends’ Michael Wolosin offers analysis on why both are necessary, from different stakeholders.
