6 February 2015, IISD news - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) released the twenty-sixth edition of InFO News, which highlights expectations for international decisions supporting forests and forestry including through the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the negotiation of a new...

January 2015, IISD news - The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) completed an analysis of experiences in jurisdictional REDD+; that is REDD+ programmes implemented at the sub-national level rather than on a project-by-project basis. Overall, the report notes that a jurisdictional approach...

February 2015, IISD news - In an interview for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) newsletter, the Director of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, Manoel Sobral Filho, describes his vision for forests and the post-2015 development agenda, highlighting the multiple values of forests, many of which...

10 February 2015, IISD news - The World Bank has approved a US$9.59 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) aimed at preserving biodiversity in Panamas Atlantic and Central-Eastern regions. The grant will complement funding from the Government of Panama, municipalities and the private sector to enhance the...

18 February 2015, Mongabay news - Selective logging is causing long-term changes to tropical forests in Africa by facilitating the growth of weeds and vines, which reduces plant diversity and diminishes carbon storage, reports a new paper published in the journalEcological Research. The paper, led by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti of...

13 February 2015, Mongabay news - Cameroon is struggling to make progress in combatting illegal logging. Regulatory budgets are too thin to protect the countrys vast tracts of Congolian Rainforest. And demand domestically and abroad make the financial incentives for both the informal sector and Cameroons leaders too difficult...