An independent evaluation concludes that Europe’s action plan to clamp down on the trade of illegally sourced wood products is working, though the plan requires some adjusting to face new types of challenges. This news comes on the heels of Indonesia’s announcement that it will be the first nation to issue timber products licensed under that action plan.
Forest Trends, the Latin American Association of Water Regulators (ADERASA), and EcoDecision are pleased to announce a new training series on the practical application of green infrastructure for water utilities and regulators in Latin America. Water professionals and their allies working on green infrastructure projects and policies in Latin America are cordially invited to register for the […]
Cattle’s mobility makes it difficult to trace and helps explain why the Global Canopy Programme’s rating system, Forest 500, found that retailers are far more active in scrubbing deforestation out of their palm oil supply chains than cattle. Despite the increased complications, the GCP highlights ways in which companies can address deforestation in cattle supply chains.
With massive powers to store carbon, forests have a big role to play in mitigating climate change and fulfilling Paris Agreement commitments, which includes halting deforestation. Policy support to curb this tree loss is mounting and CDP says companies joining this sustainable and deforestation-free movement are putting themselves in an advantageous position.
Two years after the REDD Offsets Working Group, California’s Air Resources Board seems to be getting serious about incorporating international avoided deforestation offsets into its cap-and-trade program. There’s been a flurry of activity on the subject, ranging from presentations and workshops to technical papers, leaving some to think REDD will be added in time for the program’s third compliance period in 2018.
Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high-risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act. These two workstreams have merged into a process called the […]
Nestled deep in the Brazilian Amazon along the Peruvian border, the state of Acre contains about 15 million hectares – most of which remains pristine virgin rainforest – within a space roughly the size of Florida. It’s also home to thousands of indigenous people, who serve an invaluable role as stewards of the so-called Earth’s […]
March was a big month for water stewardship as consumer-facing companies made commitments to watershed health and natural infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Ecosystem Marketplace water team is collecting data for its State of Watershed Investments 2016 report, due out this fall, and encouraging green infrastructure and watershed protection projects to complete the water survey by May 13.
The Ohio River Basin Trading Project is the largest water-quality-trading program in the United States, but it’s still dependent on the generosity of donors for survival. This year, it aims to build its base of paying customers with a multi-pronged strategy that includes videos and impact investors.
Climate change has disrupted the world’s water systems, and a handful of governments and companies have responded with funding for nature-based solutions that support healthy watersheds and good water management. We’ll need a lot more than a handful to get the job done, but 2015 offered some promising potential.