Green Economy

By Pablo Pacheco, originally posted on Forests News Brazil – The successful Brazilian experience in slowing down deforestation in the Amazon has captured a lot of attention in the global arena, but serious concerns linger about its possible resurgence. While it is important to strengthen public and private arrangements to reach zero deforestation, or at […]

Originally posted at The Global Canopy Program A recently announced USD 400 million fund could help leverage some of the money needed address deforestation. While urgently needed, such private sector initiatives should not replace other, more established ways of protecting the forest. Norway has pledged to put USD 100 million into a new fund that […]

Study shows that when policymakers take shortcuts, the likelihood for under-performance of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes is greater.

The European Tropical Forest Research Network is interested in your work on zero deforestation commitments. Hundreds of companies have committed to reducing deforestation in their value chains, especially those supplying oil palm, soy, beef, paper and timber, supported by international declarations and national and regional governments who have pledged their support. But what have been […]

Written by Thais Narciso for UNEP’s stories Mining activities – whether artisanal or industrial in scale – result in two types of environmental and social impacts: primary impacts, which occur on or immediately adjacent to an extraction site, and secondary impacts, which occur because of infrastructure development, population movements, and changes in local economies. Secondary […]

Originally published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Land used for palm oil production could be nearly doubled without expanding into protected or high-biodiversity forests, according to a new study published in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study is the first to map land suitable for palm oil production on a […]