Demand for Luxury Decks in Europe and North America is Pushing Ipê to the Brink of Extinction Across the Amazon Basin and Threatening the Forest Frontier
By Marigold Norman and Alfredo Rodriguez Zunino“Ipê,” the trade name for several high-value species in the Handroanthus, Tabebuia, and Roseodendron genera, is critically overexploited and at risk of extinction. Predominantly used in exterior decking and flooring, 85% of the demand for ipê comes from American, Canadian, and European markets. Over the last 30 years, ipê populations have severely declined, with at[…]
Myanmar’s Timber Trade One Year Since the Coup
The Impact of International Sanctions
On February 1st, 2021, the military launched a coup d’état against the newly re-elected government of Myanmar. Over the past year, the military junta has been accused of massive human rights violations, arresting more than 12,000 people, killing more than 1,500, and instigating a growing humanitarian crisis that has seen more than 400,000 internally displaced[…]
Servicios ecosistémicos hídricos de los pajonales altoandinos: ¿Qué sabemos?
By Giovanny M. Mosquera, Franklin Marín, Margaret Stern, Vivien Bonnesoeur, Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, Francisco Román-Dañobeytia.Este documento presenta los principales resultados de una revisión sistemática de literatura relativa al funcionamiento hidrológico de los pajonales altoandinos en los Andes tropicales, así como de los impactos del cambio de uso del suelo y los efectos de las prácticas de restauración en dicho funcionamiento. La síntesis y evaluación de información existente son indispensables[…]
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Ficha resumen del Proyecto Milloc
Ficha resumen del Proyecto “Recuperación del servicio ecosistémico de regulación hídrica de la Microcuenca de Milloc en la comunidad de Carampoma, Huarochirí. Departamento de Lima.
Navigating the False Dichotomy Between Legality and Zero Deforestation
An International Partnership Pathway to Reducing Agro-conversion
By Michael WolosinDeforestation and other natural ecosystem loss are wreaking havoc on the climate, on biodiversity, on human rights, and on ecosystem resilience across the tropics. About 60 percent of recent tropical forest loss was caused by commercial agriculture. At least 69 percent of this agro-conversion was illegal. A diverse set of global strategies has advanced over[…]
Guía de modelación hidrológica para la infraestructura natural
By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, José Cuadros-Adriazola, Edwing Arapa Guzman, Natalia Aste Cannock, Eric Ochoa-Tocachi, Vivien BonnesoeurEste documento es nuestra respuesta a la necesidad de contar con una guía para la evaluación cuantitativa de los impactos hídricos de las intervenciones sobre la infraestructura natural que sea accesible para equipos integrados de responsables de la toma de decisiones y especialistas técnicos. Esperamos que este documento sea una contribución valiosa al diseño, evaluación[…]
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Guide to Hydrologic Modeling of Natural Infrastructure
By Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi, José Cuadros-Adriazola, Edwing Arapa, Natalia Aste, Eric Ochoa-Tocachi, Vivien Bonnesoeur
LEGAL ACQUISITION FINDINGS: A Handbook by Forest Trends and Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Verifying legal acquisition is one of the key requirements for the issuance of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) export permit. However, the Convention leaves the decision on how to determine whether the specimen was acquired legally to the Parties. It is therefore key that guidelines for[…]
Dos Territórios Indígenas aos Mercados
Agora é hora de focar a atenção do mercado e dos consumidores em produtos que sustentem as florestas e suas comunidades, com estratégias locais que tenham impacto global, criando benefícios diretos e mensuráveis para as comunidades da floresta e um clima seguro para todos nós. É urgente a criação de políticas, mercados, infraestrutura e conexões […]
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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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