What natural climate solutions exist today ?
October 23, 2017
Publication summary of W. Griscom et al., PNAS (full link here), September 5, 2017 Better stewardship of land is needed to achieve the Paris Climate
Research news posts
Taming the FLR beast: the mission of the FLoRES Task Force
September 12, 2017
Doing small tasks well is relatively easy, but doing big, complex, and long-lived things well is a far more daunting mission that requires vision, leadership, adaptive management, consultation, and collaboration among many actors.
Water capacity building in India
July 28, 2017
WeForest, in collaboration with FAO’s Forest and Water Programme and the Federation, organised a Forest-Water Capacity Building workshop in Meghalaya, India.
Forest-Water capacity building in the Khasi Hills, India
July 7, 2017
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, WeForest, the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and the Ka Synjuk Ki Hima Arliang Wah Umiam Mawphlang Welfare Society in the East Khasi Hills held a Forest-Water Capacity Building Workshop to support the community in their understanding of forest-water relationships in their native East Khasi Hills.
Cool insights for a hot world: trees and forests recycle water
February 9, 2017
This article was originally published by Daisy Ouya, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
Why do some projects fail?
February 9, 2017
If we want to meet the ambitious forest restoration global targets set by the international community and stand a chance to stay under the 1.5°C temperature increase, a few lessons have to be learned.
How pumas plant trees
December 30, 2016
Pumas, and potentially other wild felids, could be helping to green the planet by planting trees.
Indigenous people play a key role in the climate change agenda
November 4, 2016
The latest in a series of carbon mapping reports from the Rights and Resources Initiative, Woods Hole Research Center, and World Resources Institute has quantified the amount of carbon stored in tropical forests.
Access to forest resources: Women’s rights in Burkina Faso
November 1, 2016
Trees have the opportunity to contribute to the sustainable development of communities across the globe while fighting climate change. They can empower women, provide food and secure incomes.
Paradise lost
October 26, 2016
The loss of biodiversity, wilderness and forest around the world in recent decades has been alarming.