Forest Loss Articles & Analysis
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The ‘Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme (Project 2)’ aims to address decades of forest loss. Building on and coordinating with complementary initiatives including the success of FP117 (GIZ Laos Project 1), Lao PDR leverages GCF funding to further remove investment, policy, and financing barriers to create a ...
According to National Geographic, the declining number of African Greys can be attributed to two specific factors—the loss of forests and the ongoing pet trade. Beginning with the primer, the loss of forests has been a result of trees being physically cut down. ...
As I subsequently watched these forests dwindle and, in some cases, vanish, I have felt an equally profound sense of loss and a nagging guilt that I was somehow part of the story, because I had done little to remedy the situation. ...
These may accelerate disturbing of this unique type of forest. Of concern currently is an increase in plantations of Juglans regia Linn and a Cup. ...
Forests are important habitats for many species of wildlife. Yet, forestry can also have negative impacts on biodiversity as unsustainable forest operations can lead to forest degradation and loss of biodiversity. ...
FORMA (FORest Monitoring for Action) is designed to help people managing forests respond more quickly to unwanted forest loss. ...
Today, we launch Global Forest Watch (GFW), a free, online system that aims to shine a light on what is happening to forests everywhere. ...
Now that we have the ability to peer into forests around the globe, a number of telling stories are beginning to emerge: 1) Global tree cover loss far exceeds tree cover gain. ...
” What’s new about Global Forest Watch: High-resolution: Annual tree cover loss and gain data for the entire globe at a resolution of 30 meters, available for analysis and download. ...
But is it actually making progress in improving the forest sector? WRI’s new working paper, Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium: Impacts and Next Steps, aims to answer that question and more. ...
Efforts to reduce forest loss should be accelerated. Check out our visualization of this astounding rate of loss. ...
The REDD+ Safeguards are Core Minimum Requirements The REDD+ Safeguards agreed in Cancun2 aim to: Improve forest governance; Promote the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities and respect for their rights; and Protect biodiversity to ensure ecosystem resilience and permanence of emissions reductions. ...
The Complex System of Legal Land Classifications Indonesia’s land classification system presents serious challenges for companies, project developers, and communities seeking to avoid forest loss and social conflicts. As of 2011, approximately 70 percent of Indonesia’s total land area was classified as “Forest Estate” ...
By comparison of sediment, runoff and nutrient losses in earthquake-damaged forests (EF) and unaffected forests (UF), the actual status of soil erosion after the Wenchuan Earthquake was investigated by runoff plots. ...
The global market for wood and other forest products is changing quickly. The industry has long struggled to address the problem of illegal logging, which damages diverse and valuable forests and creates economic losses of up to $10 billion a year. ...
Since 2009, more than 30 countries have submitted proposals for REDD+ readiness grants to start addressing the social, economic, and institutional factors that contribute to forest loss. Many countries have made encouraging strides in defining their plans to become “ready” for REDD+. ...
Background Around the world, members of governments, civil society, and the private sector are grappling with how to design and implement initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by slowing, halting, and reversing forest loss. These efforts have been spurred at least in part by the agreements onlong-term cooperative action (LCA) that Parties to the ...
Since 2000, the earth’s forest cover has shrunk by 13 million acres each year, with annual losses of 32 million acres far exceeding the regrowth of 19 million acres. ...
Rapid loss of mangrove forests Despite their biodiversity and economic values, many native mangrove ecosystems along the tropical shorelines of Asia, Africa and Latin America are severely degraded or completely destroyed. ...
Since 1990, the developing world has lost some 13 million hectares of forest a year. This loss of about 3 percent each decade is an area roughly the size of Greece. ...