Spotlight Data Shows Indonesian Social Forestry Excludes Women 📊🌳 Indonesia's social forestry policies aim for inclusivity, yet women remain underrepresented in management, deepening inequalities.
Spotlight 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%.
Spotlight 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.
Spotlight 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.
Spotlight - Original Open Geospatial Data Slashes Forestry Costs by 60% 🛰️💸 Monocultures still dominate Nordic forestry—67% of seedlings in Finland are Norway spruce.
Spotlight 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”.
Spotlight Mass Data Haul Reveals Life after Wildfire There are several ways frequent fire before the megafires could allow species to increase.
Spotlight Governments Must Tackle Climate Disinformation, Experts Urge Therefore, more proactive, clear, accurate and effective communication efforts are consistently and repeatedly needed.
Spotlight How Rethinking ‘What Is a Forest’ Can Result in More Effective Conservation When the policy community asks, “is deforestation going up or down?” an acceptable answer can no longer be, “it depends."
Spotlight ‘Give Trees a Hand’ — Ad Agencies Line Up to Sell Sketchy Climate Solutions DeSmog revealed that the government’s pledge of £22 billion in subsidies for carbon capture projects followed a steep rise in lobbying efforts by major fossil fuel companies.
Spotlight The Struggle to Save Zimbabwe’s Dying Wetlands Zimbabwe’s wetlands are under threat from urban expansion and unsustainable agriculture. Can state and community efforts reverse the damage?
Spotlight Native Seed Laws Challenge Brazil’s Reforestation 🌱🇧🇷 Brazil’s legislation doesn’t yet support a sustainable native seed market that can keep pace with its restoration goals.