22 March 2013, Mongabay news - Rapidly expanding road networks are causing large-scale damage to forests but proper infrastructure planning and implementation could actually turn them into a net positive for the environment, argue researchers writing in the journal Nature. William Laurance and Andrew Balmford highlight the...

24 March 2013, IISD news – The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) released a learning product on stakeholder engagement in REDD+. The role of the report is to examine how the Forest Investment Program (FIP) is contributing to stakeholder engagement and collaboration throughout the REDD+ process. The report reviews the...

21 March 2013, IISD news - A number of high-level officials have issued statements in celebration of the first-ever International Day of Forests, including the UN Secretary-General, and the Heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the UN Forum on...

12 March 2013, Mongabay news - Numerous species of rosewood and ebony from Madagascar, Latin America, and Southeast Asia were granted protection today at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand. The ruling comes one day after CITES granted the first protections ever to sharks and...

22 February 2013, UN-REDD news - The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) has released the final working version of its Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). Recognizing that seeking FPIC is a key component of effective...

27 February 2013, CIFOR news - A study conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) indicates that ready access to external credit has empowered households to establish and manage commercial tree plantations on a wide-scale throughout Viet Nam. The study, titled Financing Household Tree Plantations in...