Tropical peatlands are massive carbon sinks. But what happens when they are depleted of the water that sustains them, or subject to other land-use changes?
There is increasing recognition that more integrated approaches to ecosystem health assessments are needed to meet the targets of the 2030 Agenda.
What do a hairy-nosed otter, a Sumatran tiger and a white-backed Malayan Tapir have in common? Not only are they some of the rarest animals on planet earth, they spend most of their days snuffling through peatlands. “Conversations about protecting peatlands tend to focus on the carbon they store that can be released into our […]
The destruction of forest cover on peatlands delivers a blow for carbon emissions with losses from standing biomass and from the drying of peat soils.
Challenges and opportunities & consultation to operationalize regional strategy and action plan for forest and landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific.
Not widely known, peat is the world’s largest terrestrial organic soil carbon stock. Peatlands are found on every continent and in most countries.
March 21 is the UN International Day of Forests, and we have a round-up of some of our best content on this year's theme: Forests and Energy.
Nepal is a leader in returning forest tenure rights to locals, but regulations undermine communities’ attempts to establish businesses from forest products.
At the GLF we have been empowering women to be be bold and take leadership in creating the beautiful, equitable and sustainable landscapes of tomorrow.
Convergence offers grant funding for practitioners to design innovative blended finance instruments that address a key development need.
IUCN’s GFCCP has launched a call for abstracts on “Achieving deforestation-free commitments through forest landscape restoration.”
The restoration of degraded landscapes is an opportunity to increase the global resource base for more sustainable future production of food and commodities
Mangroves are among the world’s most productive ecosystems and, have an impressive capacity to sequester and store carbon at high rates.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by CIFOR and UNEP to foster joint action on promoting integrated landscape management and restoration.
Study shows that when policymakers take shortcuts, the likelihood for under-performance of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes is greater.