Publications

Timber-Sourcing from Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

This paper presents data on the timber products sourced from fragile and conflict-affected states into regulated markets, focusing on the European Union. It argues that political instability and violence inherent to these situations indicates significant likelihood of buying illegal timber. Rather than pulling out, responsible global trade in legal forest products can be an effective[…]

State of European Markets 2017

Voluntary Carbon, Watershed Investments, and Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation

Ecosystem Marketplace, an initiative of Forest Trends, is pleased to present three original new reports, co-authored with Etifor as part of the ECOSTAR project, benchmarking for the first time the size, scope, and scale of ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe for voluntary carbon, watershed investments, and biodiversity offsets and compensation. Healthy natural habitats and sustainably […]

Yawanawa Medicinal Plants – Plantas Medicinais Yawanawá

The Yawanawa have captured their long-held botanical expertise in a new illustrated field guide that helps members of the community identify and use life-saving medicinal plants. The poster details 21 medicinal plants the Yawanawa have traditionally used to treat poisonous snake bites. Each entry features an artful botanical illustration, along with reference photos and descriptions […]

The Regulatory Imperative

Policy Lessons from the Lao Rubber Sector for Supporting Smallholder Livelihoods and Land Tenure

This Information Brief is based on one of the first research efforts on the fall in rubber prices of the last five years and its implications for the Lao rubber boom beginning in the 2000s. Findings from this study are now being used as part of Forest Trends’ ongoing research and policy dialogue on the […]

Dependent Documents

ຄວາມຈຳເປັນດ້ານລະບຽບການ

ບົດຮຽນທີ່ຖອດຖອນໄດ້ຈາກການປູກຢາງພາລາເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນການພັດທະນາຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ ແລະ ການຖືຄອງທີ່ດິນຂອງປະຊາຊົນ.

By Mike Dwyer, Naomi Basik Treanor - Mekong Region Land Governance Project, Forest Trends

State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017

Unlocking Potential

As of 2016, offsets equivalent to 1.1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (BtCO2e) have been transacted voluntarily – through sales to governments, companies, and individuals as well as intermediary brokers – according to the latest annual State of Voluntary Carbon Markets report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace. Entitled “Unlocking Potential,” the new report and […]

UNFCCC Submission Regarding Views on APA Item 6

Views Regarding the Role of the Land Sector and its Potential for Enhanced Action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the […]

Indigenous Economic Enterprises (2) – Emprendimientos Económicos Indígenas (2)

The community should be the starting point of indigenous economic endeavors, which should seek to strengthen organizational structures and territorial governance. To achieve these goals, the community must evaluate the lessons learned in these endeavors and think of new ways of building knowledge. La comunidad debe ser el punto de partida de los emprendimientos económicos […]

Territorial Governance and Indigenous Economy

Gobernanza Territorial Economía Indígena

Territorial governance is the first step in promoting an indigenous economy and in ensuring that the relationship between the market and the communities does not affect traditional cultures. Territorial governance consists of three components all based on the communities’ life plans: cultural, economic and political governance. La gobernanza territorial es el primer paso para proteger […]

Indigenous Economic Enterprises (1) – Emprendimientos Económicos Indígenas (1)

What are indigenous economic enterprises? These are the initiatives that communities use to enter into the market and that are based on their life plans. These enterprises are aimed at reaching the communities’ vision of wellbeing, and they could also contribute to territorial governance. ¿Que son emprendimientos económicos indígenas? Son iniciativas por las cuales los […]

Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans

Decisive actions taken by the government of Laos, in the form of a Notice (no. 1360 in August 2015) and a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15 in May 2016) prohibiting the export of logs and lightly processed “sawnwood,” appear to be paying off, according to a new analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based organization Forest Trends. The […]