Publications

What is in Myanmar’s EITI Forestry Reports for 2016-2018?

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) requires countries to disclose financial information on their natural resource sector. The Myanmar EITI (MEITI) was one of the few countries to disclose forestry data alongside mining and oil and gas. The most recent reports cover FY16 & 17, coinciding with the first two years of the new National[…]

Conflict, Fragility, and Global Trade in High-Risk Timber

Weak institutions and a weak rule of law have proved major impediments in reversing patterns of illegal logging in many forest-rich countries. However, they become even greater obstacles in countries with a history of violent or armed conflict. The World Bank’s latest List of Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) includes a number of countries that […]

Glosario de Términos sobre Infraestructura Natural

El presente documento realizado por el Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica de USAID y el Gobierno de Canadá, tiene como objetivo presentar al lector la lista de términos oficiales que son utilizados con regularidad cuando nos referimos a infraestructura natural, y la formulación de inversiones y proyectos ecosistémicos. Este glosario junta definiciones aprobadas[…]

Why Gender Equality is at the Heart of Our Water Security Strategy in Peru

In partnership with the Peruvian government, civil society, academia, and women leaders from communities to national ministries, Forest Trends is building a strategy that aims to tackle both water security and gender equality. Our goal is to make increased investment in and capacity for natural infrastructure a central piece of Peru’s water security and climate […]

Impactos del uso del suelo sobre la respuesta hidrológica de cuencas andinas

Este estudio analiza datos generados a partir de una red de monitoreo participativo de veinticinco cuencas hidrográficas que cubren tres de los biomas andinos principales (páramo, jalca y puna) y vinculan sus respuestas hidrológicas a los principales tipos de intervenciones humanas (cultivo, forestación y pastoreo). Se implementó el método de cuencas pares para evaluar los[…]

Dependent Documents

Resumen de investigación – Impactos del uso del suelo sobre la respuesta hidrológica de cuencas andinas

By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, Dimas Olaya, Javier Antiporta, y Bert De Bièvre

Rosewood Species Classified as Hongmu under China’s Revised (2017) Standard

The term “rosewood” is used to designate several hundred species of tropical timber, found across West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. 29 species are officially designated as hongmu (红木) under China’s National Hongmu Standard (2017). The Standard can be legally enforced in relation to product marketing claims, and has played a key[…]

Two Decades Partnering with Indigenous Communities

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A Gigaton REDD+ Bid Strategy

Unlocking the potential for REDD+ in supporting the protection of rainforests and other “natural climate solutions” in tropical forest countries

A massive increase in public and private results-based funding commitments is critical to protect tropical rainforests and other “natural climate solutions” in tropical forest countries, and thus to hopes of holding global warming below 2°C. REDD+ programs, that avoid and reverse the loss of tropical forests, can contribute trillions of dollars in value by “flattening[…]

Indigenous and Ancestral Technologies: Nature-based Solutions for Water Security

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The Living Pharmacy Project

Forest Trends has been working with Yawanawa and Suruí indigenous communities since 2014 to establish “Living Pharmacies.” By building medicinal plant gardens in their villages, communities can reclaim and maintain a resource critical to their health and cultural identity. Each Living Pharmacy is a place where elders can pass their traditions on to the next[…]