UNEP State of Finance for Nature 2023 🇺🇳
The UNEP's 2023 report urges tripling funding for nature-based solutions to meet sustainable finance targets under the Rio Conventions.
Data Shows Indonesian Social Forestry Excludes Women 📊🌳
Indonesia's social forestry policies aim for inclusivity, yet women remain underrepresented in management, deepening inequalities.
Prosecutors Request Halt to Amazon Carbon Projects 🛑
According to the state government, the initiatives will be executed only “if they strictly follow what is decided by the community and the parameters set out in the public notice.”
Data Looks at ESG Goals for Companies 0️⃣
Analysis of SBTi’s progress data, which includes all companies that had set a target by 2022 for which SBTi has emissions data, reveals that companies are cutting their emissions by a median annual rate of 5.4%.
Longleaf Pine Forests Increasing Coastal Georgia
Reforestation of the longleaf pine in Georgia protects the habitat of species such as gopher tortoises and red-cockaded woodpeckers.
Ground Truth Weekly Forest News November 22 📰
Jackson Wijaya's inheritance, Oregon's forests, Denmark's one billion tree bet, PRT's take on planting two billion trees and much more.
Oregon’s Reforestation Wins—Big Efforts, Small Acts 🌲✨
In the aftermath of the devastating Oregon wildfire season in 2020, reforestation efforts are underway. #HabitatRestoration #TreeMappingSoftware
Small Farmers Revive Brazil’s Forests on Palm Oil Land 🌱
The locally led restoration projects are up to 20 times more likely to create lasting impacts than those by NGO's or Government.
Interview: Alexander Watson of OpenForests' explorer.land 🛰️
Alexander Watson of explorer.land shares his thoughts on tree mapping software and digital storytelling for nature-based solutions.
Plantation Crops in Kerala: Cash, and Controversy 🌴💸
Can Kerala juggle being the go-to for eco-tourists and investors chasing that plantation gold rush?
Denmark’s Billion-Tree Bet 🌳
Denmark plans a billion-tree project over two decades, reshaping 10% of its farmland into forests to combat climate change.
Planting Forests to Fight Droughts & Floods in Brazil 🇧🇷
Borges and Curcio say Brazil lacks the federal political will to take the country’s numerous restoration projects from a fragmented, small-scale approach to broad public policy that could be applied and enforced countrywide.