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Forests are a source of food, medicine and fuel. In addition to helping to respond to climate change and protect soils and water, they hold more than three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, provide many products and services that contribute to socio-economic development and are particularly important for hundreds of millions of people in rural areas, including many of the world’s poorest.
Yet, deforestation and forest degradation continue to take place at alarming rates, which contributes significantly to the ongoing loss of biodiversity. Forests are also particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as insect outbreaks, fires, strong winds, droughts, and pathogen attacks.
There are ways, however, to manage the world’s forest ecosystems that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of their biodiversity. This requires effective governance, integrated policies, land-tenure security, respect for the rights and knowledge of local communities and indigenous peoples, and enhanced capacity for monitoring of biodiversity outcomes. It also requires innovative financing modalities.
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change, Forestry
From the outset CDP has advanced global efforts toward net-zero, catalyzing action by subnational groups. On the route towards net-zero 2050, the organisation that strives to drive companies and governments to reduce their GHG emissions recognises "all of the above" approach which prioritises emissions reduction along with filling the climate finance gap. What's their take on carbon offsets to reach this destination?
Created an Opportunity in Natural Capital, Sustainable Finance, Forestry
Created a Post in Energy, Forestry, Industry and Entrepreneurship
TNC Announces Innovative Collaboration for Solar Development in Central Appalachia
Created a Post in Forestry, Gender
In protecting their forests, these women transformed their futures
Created a Post in Forestry
The UK’s native woodlands are in crisis, according to the Woodland Trust, facing a “barrage” of threats that risk pushing climate targets out of reach and ecosystems to the point of collapse.
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Forestry, Transportation and Mobility
In this weekend's podcasts, learn more about e-mobility in cities (https://www.worldbank.org/en/news//podcast/2021/05/05/on-the-road-to-e-…) and forest carbon offsets (https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/994774148/emission-impossible)
Created an Event in Green Recovery from COVID-19, Forestry
Singapore is building a ‘forest town' with abundant green spaces and underground roads
Asymmetric Power Relations on The Frontiers of The State: Resistance to a Hunting Ban in Nechisar National Park of Southern Ethiopia
'2021 Must Be a Turning Point for Forests. 2020 Data Shows Us Why' More than 12 million hectares of tree cover in the tropics was lost in 2020 alone. This loss represents a crisis for climate stability and biodiversity conservation, as well as a humanitarian disaster and lost economic opportunity.