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Critics argue that timber harvested in high-risk regions could be processed in low-risk hubs such as China, Singapore, or India, and then re-exported to Europe under misleading classifications. “Presumably, declarations would still need to indicate the original country of harvest,” said Kerstin Canby of Forest Trends, who spoke to Wood Central in June. “But if the country of harvest […]

Cambodia has lost forest at one of the world’s fastest rates. According to Forest Trends, “95 percent of the timber harvested between 1997 and 1998 was illegally felled.” The country that was once 73% forested now struggles to protect its remaining fragments.

Forest Trends, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, recently released a new report on the state of investment in nature-based solutions for water security. Gena Gammie, Director of Forest Trends’ Global Water Initiative and co-author of the report, joins in conversation about the report’s findings and their implications.

The EUDR’s new country classification lisk, which rates countries based on their risk of deforestation, fails to acknowledge many key countries as ‘high-risk’ and does not factor in timber laundered through global shipping hubs. Highlighting insights from Marigold Watkins, Senior Advisor at Forest Trends, and Kerstin Canby, Senior Director of our Forest Policy, Trade, and […]

The EUDR—and its new country classification list—will do little to curb the constant flow of deforested and illegal timber arriving in European ports via Singapore, India, and China. That is according to Marigold Walkins and Kerstin Canby, from Forest Trends, who spoke to Wood Central about the fundamentally flawed way policymakers have classified 194 countries […]

Washington, DC, 10 June 2025 – The most comprehensive assessment ever published of money flowing into nature-based solutions (NbS) for water security reveals that total investment in this sector doubled over the decade 2013-2023—growing from ~US$22.4B in 2013 to ~$49B by the end of this timeframe.   Published by Forest Trends and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), […]

Brasília, Brasil, 9 de junho de 2025 – Com foco na valorização dos conhecimentos tradicionais, na governança dos territórios e no acesso justo ao financiamento climático, será implementado  o projeto Fortalecimento dos Territórios Indígenas: Governança, Financiamento Climático e Cadeias de Valor da Sociobiodiversidade. O projeto será implementado ao longo dos próximos dois anos em todas […]

Brasília, Brazil, 9 June 2025 – Forest Trends, Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI), and Greendata have launched a new project initiative, Strengthening Indigenous Territories: Governance, Climate Finance, and Biodiversity Value Chains. Focusing on the value of traditional knowledge, territorial governance, and equitable access to climate finance, this project will be implemented over the next two […]

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a crucial tool in the global fight against climate change. It allows companies, governments, and individuals to purchase carbon credits that represent a reduction or removal of greenhouse gases, offsetting their own emissions. Over the past decade, the VCM has grown rapidly, but it is now entering a new, more complex […]

Washington, DC, 29 May 2025 – Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) published new research today that shows the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in transition to a new phase with a greater focus on quality and integrity, and lower levels of market liquidity as measured in credit volumes traded. Though transaction volumes fell by 25 percent […]