Forests

This paper analyses the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts of oil palm development in the Prafi Plain of Manokwari District in West Papua Province. The research found benefits such as infrastructure development, higher incomes for local stakeholders and negative consequences from conflicts between immigrant workers and the local population. (Working Paper, 30 pages)

By Ellysar Baroudy, originally posted at World Bank With all eyes on a new climate agreement in Paris later this year, healthy forests and landscapes are seen as critical to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero before 2100. The key underlying question is how to best achieve a true transformation in how we manage […]

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the national REDD+ strategy and institutional capacity for MRV of REDD+ as well as the current state of knowledge of various elements critical to MRV of REDD+ in Zambia including: Current drivers and rates of deforestation and forest degradation; a review of standing biomass, forest growth rates and […]

This analysis suggests that there is still a lack of concrete approaches to mitigate the direct threats to forests; moreover, the control of illegal deforestation is still insufficient. We also note that in parallel to policies of nature conservation, there is a contradicting political agenda being implemented promoting the expansion of the agricultural frontier. (Occasional paper, […]

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well‐being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. It involves people coming together to restore the function and productivity of degraded forest lands ‐ through a variety of place‐based interventions, including new tree plantings, managed natural regeneration, or improved land management. The […]

Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is significantly lower than in other heavily forested tropical countries. However, there is increasing concern that this rate is likely to accelerate. Many of those concerned about future deforestation argue that shifting cultivation is the primary driver and that if nothing is done to change the […]