Forests

By Josh Gregory, Global Canopy Program Current methods to tackle deforestation aren’t working. The statement may be blunt but, with 6.6 million hectares of natural forest lost since 2010, it’s hard to dispute. Understanding current methods of forest protection The most common protection measure is command and control: governments restrict forest access and use by […]

Originally published on CIFOR’s Forests News blog. By James Reed I have just left the final session at the XIV World Forestry Congress, where participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of the landscape approach. These were inspiring discussions that echoed many of the themes I heard throughout the week at other sessions concerned with integrating […]

This post originally appeared on the Food and Agriculture Organization’s news page. Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi of Uganda received the 2015 Wangari Maathai ‘Forest Champions’ Award. Ugandan forestry activist Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi was  awarded the 2015 Wangari Maathai ‘Forest Champions’ Award in recognition of her efforts to promote the conservation and sustainable use of her country’s […]

This post originally appeared on CIFOR’s Director General’s blog. By Peter Holmgren, CIFOR Director General. The Indian tale about the blind men and the elephant is well known. The poet John Godfrey Saxe told it like this: It was six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined, who went to see the elephant (Though all […]

By Dr. Hans Friederich, Director General of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Bamboo and rattan bring a wealth of practical options, but countries are not tapping into the many economic-environmental benefits of these strategic forest resources. A new global initiative will address this, providing a knowledge base of practical information, tools and […]

This article originally appeared on WRI’s blog. By Rachael Petersen, Nigel Sizer, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau. Co-authored with Matt Hansen and Peter Potapov, remote-sensing scientists at the University of Maryland, and David Thau, a senior developer advocate at Google Earth Engine. The world’s tropical forests are in trouble, confirm new satellite-based data […]