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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 Forestry
Comparing the plant diversity between artificial forest and nature growth forest in a giant panda habitat
Habitat use by giant panda in relation to man-made forest in Wanglang Nature Reserve of China
Effects of Conservation Policies on Forest Cover Change in Giant Panda Habitat Regions, China
Effects of conservation policy on China’s forest recovery
Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO) strengthens the capacities of the green startup "Ecological Food Caterpillars Company (EFCC)" in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Created a Post in Climate Change, Forestry
Brazil working with Biden on climate, Amazon deforestation, says foreign minister
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Forestry
A new World Bank report, Pension Fund Investment in Forestry, aims to address a lack of knowledge about forestry as an asset class—a major limiting factor to investments. The report details the nature of forestry investments, exploring the case for investing in the area, explaining the mechanics of forestry investments, and highlighting some of the challenges. Pension fund trustees, managers, and regulators should find it particularly useful.
The Government of Nepal signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), unlocking up to US$45 million to support Nepal to decrease carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through 2025. With this Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) in place, Nepal is expected to reduce 9 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in the Terai Arc Landscape.
For Costa Rica, the Future of Forests Hangs in the Gender Balance
- Costa Rican women are important land conservation agents, but their roles are often marginalized. - A concerted effort is underway to better recognize, promote, and value the different ways women and men contribute to the environment, forests, and climate change. - Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world to prepare a Gender Action Plan for its national REDD+ strategy—and it is proving to be a game changer.
Created a Post in Forestry, Natural Capital
New maps of global forest carbon flux offer fresh insights for action — “A ground-breaking global set of forest carbon flux maps, which have just been released in the journal Nature Climate Change and made publicly available on the Global Forest Watch website... The maps paint a picture not only of where carbon loss is occurring, but also what’s driving it: they disaggregate the contributions of commodity production, shifting cultivation, timber harvesting or fire. That additional information will help decision-makers determine what kind of intervention is necessary...”