Tag: forests

What exactly are peatlands and rangelands? Here’s all you need to know about the planet’s major ecosystems, the challenges they face, and why they matter.

A five-year stocktake of the landmark New York Declaration on Forests says deforestation is still rising – but not everywhere.

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems

Forest and land tenure rights are vital tools against land grabbing – but many Indigenous peoples and local communities still lack them.

In this news roundup: Cambodia says no to U.S. trash, Greta Thunberg's new pop-rock hit, and how Pacific islands could morph to survive climate change

The region’s countries could gain 19 million hectares of forests by 2050 if all goes well – or they could end up losing 5 million hectares.

In the ‘Serengeti of Southeast Asia’, the Prey Lang smartphone app helps Indigenous communities in Cambodia expose and record illegal logging.

A recent study looks at how the price of carbon can be a crucial tool for encouraging reforestation – and remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Words of the wise from GLF Bonn 2019

Stories from Colombia, Indonesia and India

Favorite foods need agroforestry to survive

Countries leverage a decade of REDD+ to advance the Paris Agreement

News to know in our bi-weekly digest

Lessons from 5 continents in GLF Kyoto Act III

Climate change could become irreversible in the near future, but it's not too late to start taking action, say speakers at GLF Kyoto.