Press Releases

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 […]

PRESS RELASE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MARCH 25, 2015 – 11 am EST March 25, 2015 | Washington, D.C. | The earth loses more than 6 million hectares of tropical rainforest – an area the size of Sri Lanka – every year, and two-thirds of it goes to meet demand for palm oil, soybeans, beef, and wood […]

PRESS RELEASE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MARCH 19, 2015 – 10 am EST 19 March 2015 | Washington, D.C. | A new report dispels the myth that companies purchase carbon offsets to “buy their way out” of taking responsibility for their contributions to climate change. Rather, companies that include offset purchases as part of their carbon management […]

Editor’s Note: For the report and supplementary materials, please go to https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/government-industry-data-suggest-30-percent-wood-used-indonesias-industrial-forest-sector-comes-unreported-illegal-sources/ WASHINGTON, DC (17 February 2015)—More than 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia’s industrial forest sector1 stems from the unreported clear-cutting of natural forests and other illegal sources instead of legal tree plantations and well-managed logging concessions,2 according to a new study analyzing […]

Washington DC, February 5, 2015 – Forest Trends is one of nine nonprofit organizations around the world to receive the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which was announced today, recognizes exceptional nonprofit organizations who have demonstrated creativity and impact, and invests in their long-term sustainability with sizable one-time grants. For […]

21 de noviembre 2014 | Washington, DC | La demanda de compensaciones de carbono obtenidas a partir de la protección o renovación forestal creció un 17% en 2013 dado que las empresas y gobiernos invirtieron US$192 millones en esfuerzos para plantar árboles, mejorar la gestión forestal, apoyar la agricultura “climáticamente inteligente” o evitar la deforestación. […]