Press Releases

BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU | April 11, 2016 | For the first time, representatives from 11 West African countries have agreed to take action aimed at curbing illegal rosewood logging and associated trade in the region. At the first international conference ever held in Guinea-Bissau, deputies from Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) member countries Burkina […]

17 December 2015 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | China’s demand for rosewood – used for classical Chinesestyle furniture and décor – is threatening some of the world’s most valuable and endangered old-growth forests. Chinese furniture manufacturers’ imports of several species of rosewood, collectively known as hongmu, have soared at an unprecedented rate since 2010 and hit […]

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2015 AT 2201 GMT / 1801 EST / THURSDAY 0431 MMT WASHINGTON, DC (12 March 2015) – An exclusive new analysis reveals that the Government of Myanmar has allocated at least 5.2 million acres and has identified another 11 million acres of some of Southeast Asia’s last remaining […]

11 November 2015 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | Forest Trends, a non-profit organization that tracks global forest developments, today released the most comprehensive analysis to date of the United Nations’ program for protecting forests and generating forest conservation finance. The study follows the money trail in 13 countries that account for 65 percent of the globe’s […]

3 de noviembre 2015 | Washington, DC | Las empresas y gobiernos alrededor del mundo comprometieron US$705 millones en nuevo financiamiento en el año 2014 para mejorar la función de los bosques en la lucha contra el cambio climático, según un informe publicado esta semana por Ecosystem Marketplace de Forest Trends titulado Convergiendo en la […]

3 November 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Companies and governments around the world committed US$705 million in new finance in 2014 to enhance the role of forests in combating climate change, according to a report released this week by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, Converging at the Crossroads: State of Forest Carbon Finance in 2015. Over […]

23 September 2015 | New York, USA | Several dozen companies that endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests at 2014’s United Nations Climate Summit are taking concrete steps to eliminate commodity-driven deforestation from their supply chains, according to a new report from Supply Change – a project convened by Washington D.C.-based non-profit Forest Trends. […]

EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 14:00 UTC, 10:00 EDT, 21:00 Phnom Penh time. Cambodia is losing its natural forests at an alarming rate, accelerated in recent years by corporations illegally using permits for large-scale agricultural businesses to harvest trees in some of the country’s most important protected areas and national forests, according to a new […]

EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 3, 2015, 11 am EST June 3, 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Companies, governments, and individuals voluntarily spent just under $4.5 billion on conservation and clean energy over the past decade by purchasing nearly 1 billion carbon offsets, finds a new report released on the sidelines of this week’s international climate talks […]

The Schwab Foundation selected Michael Jenkins as one of 33 social entrepreneurs in recognition of his innovative work around building and strengthening markets for ecosystem services — and its global impact. The Schwab Foundation community of Social Entrepreneurs includes more than 300 members from 60 countries. Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs are an integral part of the World […]