The Surui Forest Carbon Project
A Case Study
By Steve ZwickIndigenous people have contributed less to climate change than has any other segment of the population, yet they are among those most vulnerable to its impacts. At the same time, agriculture and forestry generate roughly 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, while traditional land-management practices, such as agroforestry and permaculture, can dramatically improve the […]
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Control y Vigilancia Territorial Indígena en América Latina: Reflexiones, buenas prácticas y desafíos
En América Latina se encuentra la mitad de los bosques tropicales del mundo, y una cuarta parte de estos se ubican en los territorios de comunidades y pueblos indígenas formando parte de su identidad y medios de vida. Estos pueblos y comunidades a través de la implementación de mecanismos de control y vigilancia desarrollados en[…]
Regulating the Trade in Illegal Timber: Republic of Korea Update
State of Play October 2018
By Jade Saunders and Marigold NormanIn August 2018, the Government of the Republic of Korea released national Detailed Standards for Determining the Legality of Imported Timber and Timber Products to support implementation of the Revised Act on the Sustainable Use of Timbers. The Act mandates that all companies comply with these implementing standards starting October 1, 2018. The implementing standards […]
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불법 목재교역 제한 : 한국 업데이트
By Jade Saunders and Marigold NormanEmail Signup
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Screening New Market Opportunities for Sustainably Managed State, Private and Tribal Working Forests
By Genevieve Bennett and Melissa GallantSustainably managed working forests provide not just wood and fiber, but a range of other benefits: clean water, wildlife habitat, carbon storage, flood protection, recreational and cultural values, and more. Scaling up investments in sustainable forest management can generate financial returns for good stewardship of these multiple conservation values. The United States Forest Service (USFS) […]
Yawanawa Life Plan
The Yawanawa Life Plan establishes how territorial governance is conducted in order to promote conservation and protect communities’ well-being in their 187,000 hectares in the Gregorio River Indigenous Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. This book also documents many years of Yawanawa history, details the way that they have developed their organizational capacity and their initiatives,[…]
Lessons Learned on Demand
Demand Dynamics of Ecosystem Markets in the United States
By Genevieve Bennett, Melissa Gallant, and Kelley HamrickThis study on lessons learned about demand in ecosystem markets in the United States was commissioned to help the National Network on Water Quality Trading (NNWQT) identify transferrable lessons for their strategy on stimulating demand for water quality credits and other market-based incentives for nonpoint source water quality. A rapid review of historical experience in […]
Mapping Potential Demand for Water Quality Trading in the United States
By Genevieve Bennett and Melissa GallantWater quality trading is a promising tool that offers a flexible, more cost-effective approach to reducing pollution in our waterways than more traditional engineered solutions. Yet a lack of sufficient demand for credits has been a consistent barrier to scaling up water quality trading in the United States. The National Network on Water Quality Trading […]
Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading
By Willamette Partnership and Forest Trends' Ecosystem MarketplaceWater quality trading is a cost-effective way to meet clean water goals and deliver multiple benefits for people, fish, and wildlife. Yet, compared to other environmental markets (think: carbon offsets), interest and demand for water quality credit trading has been slow to catch on. A new report from the National Network on Water Quality Trading, […]
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Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading – Executive Summary
By Willamette Partnership and Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace
Voluntary Carbon Market Insights: 2018 Outlook and First-Quarter Trends
By Kelley Hamrick and Melissa GallantSince trading of voluntary carbon offsets first took off in the late 2000s, voluntary carbon projects have helped to reduce, sequester, or avoid over 435.7 MtCO2e–equivalent to not consuming over one billion barrels of oil. These projects are supported by companies, individuals, and governments purchasing carbon offsets, whose growing demand resulted in a record-high of […]
China’s Log Imports from Countries with Log Export Bans
Trade Trends and Due Diligence Risks
By Brian Schaap and Kerstin CanbyChina has imported more than 46 million cubic meters of logs from countries with log export bans from 2005 to 2016. Many of these imports are in violation of log export bans (LEBs) and present a risk to Chinese companies – and their down-stream buyers of processed wood products in North America and Europe – that these logs are illegally sourced. […]