Author: Melissa

For logging’s crimes, tougher punishments

Posted on March 1, 2016June 26, 2017.

New York Times opinion piece on largest ever settlement under the US Lacey Act.

A world on fire

Posted on February 21, 2016March 30, 2016.

Economist reports "until politicians call a halt, Indonesia’s forests will keep burning."

Support to Indonesia’s peatland restoration

Posted on February 4, 2016February 16, 2016.

The Packard Foundation and Climate and Land Use Alliance support Indonesia's programs to protect peatland and restore degraded peat.

Seeking better ways of mapping Indonesia’s peatlands

Posted on February 2, 2016February 11, 2016.

The Government of Indonesia, in partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, announced a new prize competition to find a more accurate and faster way of mapping the extent and depth of Indonesia’s peatlands.

Halving emissions from deforestation

Posted on December 15, 2015.

Emissions from tropical deforestation could be cut by 50% by 2020, according to a new peer-reviewed study.

Progress on the NYDF

Posted on December 14, 2015December 15, 2015.

A new report brings together the most relevant global data for tracking the goals in the New York Declaration on Forests.

Economic benefits of community forests

Posted on December 13, 2015December 18, 2015.

A study from World Resources Institute finds benefits of sustainable forest management by Indigneous Peoples far outweigh economic costs.

Indonesian and US President talk climate

Posted on October 23, 2015December 15, 2015.

With Indonesian fires' horrific impacts on people and climate growing, US can support Indonesia's efforts to halt development based on clearing peatlands.

Rainforests key to taming El Niño

Posted on October 16, 2015December 15, 2015.

Deforestation partly to blame for extreme weather impacts. Healthy forests moderate weather and protect climate.

Human impact on Amazonia

Posted on October 7, 2015December 15, 2015.

Human activity threatens the forests of Amazonia. But efforts to curb deforestation give hope for region's ecosystems and global climate.