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Aerial views of paddy field and palm oil plantation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Nanang Sujana/CIFOR Over the past few years, the UN-REDD Programme has scaled up its activities on finance and private-sector engagement. The rationale behind...

As one of the leading countries on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Africa, Ghana has demonstrated considerable leadership to address the drivers of deforestation and degradation, which constitute one of the...

We are excited to share this newsletter edition with you, which coincides with the kick-off of the UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland. This year's climate negotiations are particularly critical, as Parties to the Paris Agreement set December 2018 as...

Often in the past, policies and programs to protect and expand forests have had an environmental or production focus, while the interest, needs and knowledge of people depending on them have not always been taken into account. Since then, the world...

Through many years of experience and country examples, we have learned that data on forest ecosystems is crucial for forest-related decision-making at the local and national level. National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) are important for countries...