Investments in Watershed Services for the Jequetepeque Watershed in Northwestern Peru, Departments of Cajamarca and La Libertad
Peru Investments in Watershed Services Series
Recognizing the need to provide national leadership, capacity-building, and coordination to the many local and regional mechanisms facilitating investments in ecosystem services throughout Peru, the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM) partnered with Forest Trends to establish the Peru Ecosystem Services Incubator in 2012. The Incubator aims to enhance investments in nature by society through […]
Investments in Watershed Services for the Rimac Watershed, Department of Lima, Peru
Peru Investments in Watershed Services Series
Recognizing the need to provide national leadership, capacity-building, and coordination to the many local and regional mechanisms facilitating investments in ecosystem services throughout Peru, the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM) partnered with Forest Trends to establish the Peru Ecosystem Services Incubator in 2012. The Incubator aims to enhance investments in nature by society through […]
Investments in Watershed Services for Moyobamba on Subwatersheds of the Alto Mayo, Department of San Martín, Peru
Peru Investments in Watershed Services Series
Recognizing the need to provide national leadership, capacity-building, and coordination to the many local and regional mechanisms facilitating investments in ecosystem services throughout Peru, the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM) partnered with Forest Trends to establish the Peru Ecosystem Services Incubator in 2012. The Incubator aims to enhance investments in nature by society through […]
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2012 Results Report
Sharing Progress on the Path to Adoption of Clean Cooking Solutions
By Forest Trends' Ecosystem MarketplaceThe Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) was launched in 2010 with a goal to drive the adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels in 100 million households by 2020. In pursuit of this objective, the combined efforts reported by a wide range of Alliance partners working on different aspects of the issue are having positive […]
Ending Global Deforestation
Policy Options for Consumer Countries
By Duncan Brack, Rob BaileyLegal as well as illegal land clearance for agriculture is significant global driver of deforestation. Consumers and retailers are not able to identify the differences between imports of legal, illegal or unsustainable agricultural commodities produced on these lands. Efforts to tackle illegal logging and improve forest governance over the past ten years have included measures […]
Workshop Information and Agenda: Conversion of Forestlands to Rubber Plantations
Opportunities and Challenges
The VPA in Honduras
An Opportunity to Take Forward the Forestry Reform Started with the 2007 Forestry Law
This Information Brief revises and updates a previous version of the same article that was published in February 2013. With the aim of supporting civil society engagement in the VPA process in Honduras, the brief describes some of the key forest governance challenges that the country faces as well as some emerging priorities of local […]
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El AVA en Honduras
Una oportunidad para continuar la reforma forestal iniciada con la Ley Forestal de 2007
By Filippo Del Gatto
Initial Recommendations for the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in Investments in Watershed Services Programs
By Michael Richards, Tuyeni Mwampamba - Forest TrendsThe main objective of this paper is to provide recommendations on the social impact assessment (SIA) of investments for watershed services (IWS) projects or programs. The paper draws on an extensive literature on the theory and practice of SIA, on the authors’ experiences of applying SIA in other natural resource contexts, and on discussions from […]
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What Do We Know about Gender and Other Social Impacts of IWS Projects?
A Literaure Review
By Michael Richards - Forest Trends
Community Forestry in Honduras: A Path towards Better Governance
Forest Trends Information Brief No. 8
By Filippo Del Gatto - Forest TrendsWith the aim of better informing policy discussions about community forestry in Honduras, such as those that will be held in the context of the proposed Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), this Information Brief explores the links between community forestry and local forest governance in the country. It provides evidence that community-based forest enterprises can contribute […]
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La Forestería Comunitaria en Honduras: Un camino hacia una mejor gobernanza forestal
Forest Trends Information Brief No. 8
By Filippo Del Gatto - Forest Trends
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2013
Maneuvering the Mosaic
By Molly Peters-Stanley, Daphne Yin30 May 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Voluntary demand for carbon offsetting grew 4% in 2012, when buyers committed more than $523 million to offset 101 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector buyers flocked to offsets earned by planting trees, saving tropical forests, or distributing clean cookstoves in the developing world, according to […]
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