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Funding support for a Second Phase of the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative by the Korea Forest Service of the Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/LJ/89529 (2021-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Future Policy Award crowns world’s best forest policies

New York, 21 September 2011. Rwanda’s National Forest Policy was proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Future Policy Award. The Gambia’s Community Forest Policy and the US Lacey Act with its amendment of 2008 received the Silver Awards. The three winning policies which most effectively contribute to ...

Future forests facing climate balancing act

Forests can cope with a warming world if - and only if - temperature rises increase in line with increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

GEF Grants Support Protection of Forest Ecosystems in Developing Countries

Washington, D.C., September 23, 2003 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided more than $777 million dollars in grants for nearly 150 environmental projects to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forest ecosystems. The topic of forest conservation is on the agenda ...

GEF Investments in Forests for Multiple Benefits

GEF will provide an overview of the GEF-SFM REDD+ program and its implementation during GEF-5 with examples from the GEF portfolio.

GEF Roundtable on Forests

11 March 2002, San Jose, Costa Rica

Gabon becomes first African country to get paid for protecting its forests

In 2019, Norway committed to pay $150 million to Gabon to protect its forests under the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). After independent verification of the country’s deforestation rates in 2016 and 2017, Gabon recently received its first $17 million payment, making it the first Afric ...

Gabon becomes the first African country to receive funding for preserving its rainforests

In an effort to fight climate change, the United Nations announced Sunday that Gabon will become the first African country paid with international funds to preserve its rainforest.

Gender and Forestry: Challenges to Suistainable Livelihoods and Forestry Management. The Second Worldwide Symposium on Gender and Forestry

1 - 10 August 2004, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania

Genetic diversity maps to help forests survive climate change

Forests have a special magic for many of us. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, they are places for enchantments, mythical creatures and outlaws. But if they are to survive into the future, they may also need a helping hand from science.

Geography on the plate: The culinary rediscovery of Colombia’s biodiversity

In a small, sprightly basement office in the neighborhood of Chapinero in Bogotá, navigating the winds of political dysphoria and generalized uncertainty that have characterized the year the world over, a startup is leveraging the excitement of rare foods to create exchange networks that support ...

Getting to zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

Amazon deforestation in Brazil reached a 12-year high in 2020, and over 95% of it is illegal. Unless governments and markets radically revalue the rainforest’s natural services and stimulate a green economy, a nightmare scenario may be unavoidable

Ghana is losing its rainforest faster than any other country in the world

Ghana’s rainforest is being lost at an alarming rate, according to a new report about the state of forests worldwide.

Giant sequoia found still smoldering after 2020 California wildfire

Scientists have discovered a giant sequoia still smoldering in California’s Sequoia national forest, months after wildfires tore through the region last August.

Give Bees and other Pollinators a Fighting Chance: Protect the Forest!

As more and more forests around the world get decimated to plant monocrops, bees and other pollinators not only lose habitat but also enter a fight for survival against the increased use of pesticides and other agrichemicals, without the help of plant biodiversity that normally provides them wit ...

Global Expert Workshop on Biodiversity Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

20 - 23 September 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Global Expert Workshop on Biodiversity Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, 20-24 September 2010 (tentative), Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/72485 (2010-128)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, CHM Focal Points, POWPA Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community Organizations, Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, other Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a global expert workshop on ‘Biodiversity Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries’ will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 20 to 24 September 2010.

Global Forest Leaders' Forum on Forest and Climate Change

16 - 17 September 2008, Washington D.C., United States of America

Global Indigenous Peoples' consultation on potential impacts of "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)" on Indigenous and Local Communities

12 - 14 November 2008, Baguio, Philippines

Global Landscapes Forum - Biodiversity Digital Conference, 28-29 October 2020

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/LJ/89201 (2020-080)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)

12 - 14 July 2023, Rome, Italy

Global Soil Week 2017: 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review'

22 - 24 May 2017, Berlin, Germany

Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (FAO)

1 - 3 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Global Symposium on Soil and Water (FAO)

31 May - 2 June 2023, Rome, Italy

Global Understanding in Forestry Education

Forest as the one of ecosystem containing with biodiversity was threatening by human activity for supporting of economic growth and social development. People in every sector and level of education should be aware to create good management in forestry to make sustainable natural resources to fu ...

Global mega-trends impact forest communities, scientists find

Forests and the livelihoods they provide through ecosystem services are increasingly impacted by infrastructure development and other global trends that undermine efforts to achieve sustainability goals, according to a new study by international experts.

Gov't To Launch Cocoa-Forests REDD+ Program

The government will on Friday, October 4, 2019 launch the Cocoa Forests Redd Plus Program aimed at promoting a climate-smart cocoa regime in Ghana. The interventions are led by COCOBOD, Forestry Commission, World Cocoa Foundation, CSOs in the cocoa industry as well as other industry players.

Govt to engage local communities in management of small natural forests

The ministry of environment is to engage local communities in conservation decision making in its latest efforts to save some small natural forests from human encroachment.

Green Gold: Billion Dollar Question for Congo Rainforest

On the brink of an unprecedented environmental emergency, EU ambassadors to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) gathered earlier this month for a luxury river cruise hosted by the country’s Environment Minister, Eve Bazaiba.

Greta and Mesoamerica’s five great forests (commentary)

This week’s Climate Strike mobilized and inspired millions of people around the world, including us.On Friday, we stood with young protesters in New York’s Battery Park, listening to Greta Thunberg’s speech. Her courageous words, her grit, her honesty, her powerful presence, the overwhelming gra ...

Group Urges Forestry Commission To Protect Water Bodies, Forests

An environmental civil society group has called on Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, the Chief Executive Forestry Commission, to protect Ghana’s forests and waters for use by the present and future generations in order to save Mother Earth from ecological devastation and the debilitating effects of clim ...

Growing a forest and nurturing community spirit Making a difference

It takes weeks to ensure a sapling takes root. Mr N. Sivasothi, a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences, is well aware of the arduous, time-consuming work needed, having organised mangrove clean-ups for two decades at Kranji Coastal Nat ...

Growing support for valuing ecosystems will help conserve the planet

Sierra de Manantlán is a 140,000-hectare biosphere reserve in west central Mexico. It is home to 3,000 plant species and a forest whose soils and limestone mountains enable purified water to reach the nearby town of Colima.

Gurugram: Aravali forest’s avian flock both rich and diverse, shows first survey

The first survey to map the avian wealth of Delhi-NCR’s sole ‘forest’, Mangar bani, has revealed that the Aravali grove isn’t just rich in the number of species it sees or hosts but also especially diverse. The survey found 219 species of birds in a 17.1sqkm area. Mangar bani is also an importan ...

Guyana refutes findings that deforestation skyrocketed after REDD+ payments stopped

A landmark five-year, $250-million pay-for-performance agreement between wealthy, oil-rich Norway and heavily forested Guyana was supposed to keep the South American nation’s biodiverse and carbon-rich forests standing and their carbon out of the atmosphere.

Habitat of endangered Malayan tigers vanishing

The Hulu Sempam area which has been cleared for durian plantation is vital to the survival of the Malayan tiger, which is now considered critically endangered. The area, said WWF’s Siti Zuraidah Abidin, had also been identified as an Expected Tiger Habitat under the National Tiger Action Plan fo ...

Haiti gets its first private nature reserve to protect forests and species

Haiti may not be the first place you think of when nature reserves come to mind. Much of Haiti has been ravaged by hurricanes, and the primary source of energy for use in homes in Haiti is charcoal, which is created by local people from local trees. Mainly, the image of Haiti has been a stark ...

Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk

The COVID-19 pandemic brought zoonotic diseases into the global spotlight in a way nothing has done for a century, even though zoonoses — diseases passed between humans and animals — have always posed a public health threat. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has forced us to confront the connec ...

Happy 60th Birthday to Madagascar! World’s Most Biodiverse Island Gets Gift of 60 Million Trees

To celebrate its 60th birthday, the nation of Madagascar held its largest ever tree-planting ceremony, with a million seedlings going into the ground in just a few hours after the speeches concluded. The country is preparing to plant a million trees for each year of its six decade history.

Has Haiti Lost Nearly All Of Its Forest? It's Complicated

The cloud forests of Haiti's Macaya National Park are believed to carry the world's largest concentration of endemic amphibians. Island ecosystems are hotspots for biodiversity, and historically, Haiti was no different.

Having Your Oil Palm and Forests, Too

Brazil – You might not believe this from reading the news, but the oil palm industry isn’t necessarily synonymous with environmental destruction.At least, not everywhere.

Heart of Borneo Trilateral Event: From Vision to Action

The main purpose of this event is to celebrate achievements in the Trilateral Implementation of the Heart of Borneo Initiative, launch their commitments to sustainable financing and joint support to REDD+ in the Heart of Borneo.

Hidden cameras spot New Forest pine marten

Hidden wildlife cameras have shown evidence of a possible "established population" of pine marten in the New Forest, conservationists have said. Pine marten were previously only thought to have survived largely in the north of England.

High-value opportunities exist to restore tropical rainforests around the world—here's how we mapped them

The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown.

How Balkan botanists saved a threatened oak and are planting thousands more

From saving a monumental old tree to collecting over 20,000 acorns, determined young botanists from Montenegro have high ambitions when it comes to a highly threatened oak subspecies

How Forest Structure Drives Productivity

Forests make large contributions to Earth’s climate, from releasing water vapor to pulling in carbon dioxide from the air, which mitigates global warming. The arrangement of trees affects how forests use light and water for photosynthesis, and it is known that more complex forests have higher pr ...

How India’s idea of forest has evolved over the decades

From covering 640,819 square kilometres (19.49%) of India’s total land area in 1987 to covering 712,249 sq km (21.67%) of the country’s geographical area in 2019, India’s forest cover has had a roller coaster journey.

How Residents Of Two MP Villages Turned Their Barren Land Into A 1,030-Acre Forest In 20 Years

Deforestation is one of the biggest threats the world is currently facing and is adding to the pace at which global warming has accelerated in recent years.

How South Africa’s mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters

Scientists around the world are looking for ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This gas is a natural component of the atmosphere, released by processes of respiration and decomposition of organic matter.

How Starting Brush Fires Could Save Africa’s Disappearing Lions

In 2012 a villager walking through the forest in Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve came across a young male lion caught in a poacher’s snare. The lion lay on the ground, a noose of thick wire squeezing its lower torso. Conservation workers later freed the animal, but most lions are not so lucky.