Can China’s ‘Ecological Redlines’ Help Other Countries?
China’s experience of drawing up protected areas and satellite cooperation with Brazil can boost progress towards 2030 targets, scientist Gao Jixi tells Dialogue Earth
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Nature-Based Solutions: Affordable and Effective 🌱
At COP29, nature-based solutions take center stage. Affordable, effective, and key to climate action, they demand global attention now.
Kenya Agroforestry Project Promises Transparency 🇰🇪
Kenya's GFCCA drives regenerative agriculture near Lake Victoria, empowering farmers with agroforestry and carbon credits for climate resilience.
Empowering Women to Restore Africa’s Degraded Lands 🌍♀️
“I also look forward to engaging and learning from other Indigenous women globally on their restoration approaches and solutions to shared challenges.”
New Open-Source Global Planted Forest Dataset🌲📊
The new Global Planted Forest Dataset maps 447 tree species in 91 countries. Key for Lacey Act, illegal logging, and forest nerds everywhere!
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.
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.
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.
Open Geospatial Data Slashes Forestry Costs by 60% 🛰️💸
Monocultures still dominate Nordic forestry—67% of seedlings in Finland are Norway spruce.
Carbon Projects Boom in DRC, But Are Communities Protected? 🌿
Moretti said the allure of carbon credits has enticed not just private companies like KMS, but also “a lot of development actors, NGOs and even government officials”.