Category: Global

Demystifying fluxes from forests

Posted on Agustus 8, 2017.

A new set of materials helps explain how forests and land use relate to climate change.

Land rights for forest communities protect forests from fire, according to PRISMA study. Finding could help countries respond to forest fire threat.

To save forests, protect indigenous and rural women's rights to community forests, finds a report by Rights and Resources Initiative.

EU forest climate proposal could hide emissions increase and set dangerous precedent

Researchers at Winrock find that emissions from tropical forest degradation amount to a third of those from deforestation.

BIC report finds World Bank's fossil fuel subsidies undermine its own forest protection and climate commitments.

Posted on Desember 9, 2016.

Forest 500 analysis finds the export trade in soy, palm oil, beef, leather, paper and timber continues to destroy rainforests.

CDP report finds revenues in jeopardy as companies reliant on commodities linked to deforestation underestimate risk.

Posted on Oktober 6, 2016.

Securing land title for indigenous peoples is among most cost-effective ways to conserve South America's rain forests.

Posted on Oktober 6, 2016.

While hundreds of companies have committed to reducing deforestation, almost 60% of corporate commitments have a deadline of 2020 or earlier.