17 January 2023
A move last year by the Bangladesh government to erase protections for a swath of reserved forest and award it to the country’s soccer federation for a training facility garnered outrage — but is only one example of how protected forests across the country continue to be degraded.
15 December 2022
To create housing, maintain its negative carbon status and sustainably manage its forests, Bhutan is embarking on creating a climate-smart forest economy.
2 November 2022
Among Cameroonian climate activists, there is a growing desire for the rights and voices of women, youth, and communities to be included in the decisions that affect their forests and their future.
17 September 2022
Most of the land where the private forests were located was sold. This then resulted in different issues as wood became scarce along with other forest resources.
31 August 2022
Gabon claims it has preserved its natural environment with satellite imagery and environment-first policies – and some industry insiders agree.
7 July 2022
Singapore has launched a reforestation campaign after losing huge amounts of mangrove habitats in the past century.
It plans to plant 1 million trees within 10 years to improve living conditions for wildlife and people.
The scheme began in March 2020 and had led to the planting of 51,819 trees
4 July 2022
The session Energy and Climate Justice: A Community aimed to cover discussions onglobal trends around renewable energy and climate finance by adopting a nexus approach connecting land tenure, community, and justice. The following aspects were drawn from comparative experiences from global south
15 April 2022
Critics of a government plantation scheme have slammed the program following revelations that only a fraction of forest reserves cleared for plantations over the past decade have actually been replanted.
An investigation by environmental news site Macaranga found that only 5% of the 77,331 hectares
31 March 2022
AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia has established a fund to support its national tree-planting campaign, Xinhua reported on Thursday citing the presidential press office.
The nationwide campaign to plant at least 1 billion trees by 2030 was officially launched last year as Mongolian President Ukhnaa
18 August 2021
REDD+ is an idea that has launched a thousand projects. It’s essentially a way to monetize forests’ ability to store carbon and put that money in the hands of communities who can protect them.
Blue Ventures, a U.K.-based NGO, saw the U.N.’s reducing emissions from deforestation and forest
15 June 2021
THE global launch of a $104 million initiative signals an ambitious effort by a range of partners to safeguard dry lands in the context of climate change, fragile ecosystems, biodiversity loss, and deforestation in 11 African and Central Asian countries.
5 June 2021
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) gathered representatives from 31African Countries, the private sector, national and international organizations, and youth ambassadors in Kigali, Rwanda, to participate in its Fifth Annual Partnership Meeting.
They have a common goal: