Forest Trends Impact Report 2021
We are a conservation organization. But as you turn the pages of this Impact Report, you’ll find not untouched natural landscapes, but people — the faces of the people we work with every day. “Conservation,” in the sense of putting up a fence around a pristine area, is a 20th-century idea. That approach may still […]
Abriendo el caño: estado del financiamiento en la infraestructura natural para la seguridad hídrica en el Perú, 2021
By Gena Gammie, Lucas Benites ElorreagaEl presente estudio revela que cada vez más autoridades del Estado y gestores del agua en el Perú reconocen el rol indispensable que juega la infraestructura natural y las técnicas ancestrales en la gestión de los riesgos hídricos. Como veremos, el financiamiento en intervenciones que mantienen, recuperan y mejoran la infraestructura natural para la seguridad[…]
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Opening the Tap: State of Finance for Natural Infrastructure for Water Security in Peru, 2021
By Gena Gammie, Lucas Benites Elorreaga
Bolivian Exports of Wooden Flooring: What Do We Know About the Risks of Illegal Logging and Trade?
By Marigold Norman and Alfredo Rodriguez ZuninoSouth America’s wood products industry is known for its production of flooring, molding, and strip products made from high value species such as cumaru (Dipteryx spp.), ipê (Handroanthus spp.; Tabebuia spp.), and many other lesser-known species. In 2019, South American companies exported more than US$946 million of flooring products – accounting for 20 percent of[…]
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Timber Legality Risk Dashboard: Democratic Republic of the Congo
By Forest TrendsThe DRC’s forest area is estimated at 155 million hectares (70 percent of DRC total area and 60 percent of the Congo Basin’s forest area). Deforestation rates have almost doubled in the last decade (2010-2020) compared with 2000-2010. The DRC reported a loss of over one million hectares annually between 2010 and 2020, the third […]
Nature for Climate Action: Nationally Determined Contributions
Policy strategies for managing deep uncertainty with deep resilience
By Jan Cassin, Kari Davis, and John H. MatthewsFailing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the greatest risks facing the world today. However, even dramatic cuts in emissions at this stage will only begin to slow the rate of climate change. As of the middle of 2021, ever dramatic impacts of climate change are already here, and we need to […]
Vietnam Wood Pellet Production and Export: Environmental and Social Aspects
By To Xuan Phuc, Cao Thi CamIn 2013, Vietnam exported 170,000 tons of wood pellets, valuing US$23 million, primarily to South Korea and Japan. Only five years later, Vietnam exported 3.2 million tons, valued at US$352 million. Today, Vietnam is the second largest wood pellets producer globally (after the United States). While Vietnam’s future wood pellets export prospects look promising, legality[…]
Lao PDR Timber Legality Risk Dashboard
By Forest TrendsThe Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has developed new legislation, policies, and plans to promote economic development through socially and environmentally sustainable forest management but illegal logging remains a challenge. There are risks associated with the land allocation process in Lao PDR and corruption persists, though this risk has been diminished by […]
Timber Legality Risk Dashboard: Cambodia
By Forest TrendsCambodia has seen high rates of forest loss over the last few decades. Between 1973 and 1993 the country saw an annual rate of forest loss of approximately 0.5 percent. Such losses were reportedly caused by commercial logging and 30 years of civil war and political instability.49 As deforestation rates continued to increase, the government […]
Avanzando hacia la Igualdad de Género en la Gestión del Agua
By Patricia Carrillo Montenegro, Lucas Benites ElorreagaLos hitos que describimos a continuación son resultado de muchos esfuerzos provenientes de diversas instituciones y personas del ámbito público, privado, cooperación, sociedad civil, academia y de las mujeres involucradas con el cuidado de las fuentes de agua en sus territorios. Consideramos que cada uno de los avances es un aporte importante para la generación[…]
Haciendo el Camino
Resultados del Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica a setiembre del 2021
By Gena Gammie, Lucas Benítes Elorreaga, Fernando Momiy HadaEste reporte presenta los principales resultados del Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica (“el Proyecto INSH”). Los logros son compartidos con un grupo amplio de aliados, a quienes reconocemos y agradecemos profundamente por su colaboración y liderazgo a favor de un futuro sostenible. Los logros que se presentan han sido posibles a pesar de […]
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