Publications

European, US, and Australian Markets Are Still Importing Logs from Countries with Full or Partial Log Export Bans

Over the past several decades, more than 30 countries have enacted policies to restrict or prohibit the export of raw logs. Yet companies around the world have been importing logs from these countries – indicating a risk of illegal import. In Europe, the USA, and Australia, trade regulations against the import of illegally sourced wood products may be being violated, making these companies vulnerable to enforcement action. Since each log export ban is different in its scope, one cannot merely judge all logs as illegal without additional due diligence research. To identify potentially high risk flows of logs, Forest Trends analyzed European, US, and Australian log imports from thirty countries with some form of a log export ban over the period 2011‐2015.

Las dos esferas de la economía indígena / The two spheres of indigenous economy

The Indigenous Economy group is an initiative from the Forest-Based Livelihoods Consortium (supported by the AIME program) that aims to generate lively discussion on how to strengthen indigenous economy and how to ensure that their integration to the market is equitable and sustainable. El Grupo de Discusión en Economía Indígena, una iniciativa del Consorcio de […]

State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016

A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market

The private sector channeled $8.2 billion (B) of private capital into investments that seek measurable environmental benefits – in addition to financial returns – between 2004 and 2015 according to a report released today by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace. The report, which builds upon the 2014 report Investing in Conservation: A landscape assessment of an […]

National Governance Indicators

Relevance for the Regulation of the Trade in Illegal Timber

This paper builds on the use of national governance indicators to develop a new relative governance ranking. The relative governance ranking seeks to provide an entry point for buyers of timber products, particularly those in regulated markets such as the EU and USA, who wish to undertake a risk assessment process for forest products sourced […]

State of Watershed Investment 2016

Alliances for Green Infrastructure

It’s been a banner year for green infrastructure, from the roll-out of the Paris climate deal to Peru’s groundbreaking new water security strategy to California’s recent legislation recognizing nature as a critical part of its water infrastructure. In 2015, governments, water utilities, companies, and communities spent nearly $25 billion on payments for green infrastructure for water. More than 400 programs in 62 countries invested in the natural ability of forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other ecosystems to ensure clean, reliable water supplies for cities and communities, and to combat threats from rapid urban expansion and agricultural pollution.

Vakehu Shenipahu

Contos Infantis do Povo Yawanawa

The Vakehu Shenipahu: Children’s Tales of the Yawanawa People is the first children’s book created by the Yawanawa indigenous community of the Brazilian Amazon. Written in both Portuguese and the Yawanawa language, it documents seven stories that have been passed down for generations through oral storytelling and ensures they will be passed on to future […]

Linking REDD+ to Support Brazil’s Climate Goals and Implementation of the Forest Code

Brazil has made significant progress in reducing deforestation in recent years while increasing agriculture production. Full implementation of the Forest Code will be the central element in achieving Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. However, Brazil should aim for more ambitious targets for avoided deforestation than simply “zero illegal deforestation.” The overall […]

An Atlas of Ecosystem Markets in the United States

Today’s natural resource managers and policy makers operate in a rapidly changing landscape. Decision makers must contend with biophysical shifts from development and climate change, as well as changes in economic development patterns and social values, like growing interest in renewable energy and market-based conservation. To make sound decisions, leaders need a comprehensive and continually updated understanding of the dynamics at play in managing natural resources. Recent years have brought a steep increase in publicly available scientific and social data, but making sense of these inputs in decision making is not always easy.

Linking REDD+ to Support Brazil’s Climate Goals and Implementation of the Forest Code

Brazil has made significant progress in reducing deforestation in recent years while increasing agriculture production. Full implementation of the Forest Code will be the central element in achieving Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. However, Brazil should aim for more ambitious targets for avoided deforestation than simply zero illegal deforestation. The overall […]

Dependent Documents

Conectando REDD+ Para Apoiar as Metas Climáticas do Brasil e a Implementação do Código Florestal

By Rupert Edwards - Forest Trends

Stories from the Beginning and the End of the World / Histórias do começo e do fim do mundo: O contato do povo Paiter Suruí

A History of the Beginning and the End of the World: The Paiter Surui First Contact

A History of the Beginning and the End of the World: The Paiter Surui First Contact” combines traditional stories with first-person accounts from 16 Surui elders who experienced life before and after contact with Western society 47 years ago, from walking free through the forests of Rondônia to the invasion of their traditional territory by […]