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Chile launches project to restore and conserve 25,000 hectares of native forest Chile's forests cover 19 percent of the country's territory and represent a valuable biological treasure that has sustained native peoples for generations. As ecosystem...

Developing countries that implement REDD+ actions and wish to access results-based payments are required to address and respect a set of seven safeguards, as set out in the United Nations Convention on Climate Change and known as the Cancun...

Land can be our greatest ally in fighting climate change, but first we need to restore it to full health. Humanity faces a herculean task to reverse climate change and protect the natural world that supports us. We must retool human society to live...

Forests are critical in addressing the climate emergency. That is the central argument for REDD+, and the raison d’être for the UN-REDD Programme. But there is more. The world’s forests act as shields, keeping humans safe from new diseases. As we are...

With over five million people, Ghana’s Northern Savannah Zone is home to the country’s poorest regions where many people make a living from subsistence farming. This area, dominated by shea landscapes, faces an alarming rate of deforestation and...

Seasonally dry forests are ecosystems that have unique characteristics. The species that inhabit these forests have developed unique features that allow them to survive prolonged droughts and short periods of intense rains. These dry forests are also...

Covering 31 percent of global land area, forests are major carbon sinks that play an important role in combatting climate change. Despite the critical need to remove carbon from the atmosphere, forests continue to face ongoing threats from...

The Paris Agreement was adopted at a 2015 international climate conference, galvanizing countries around the world to initiate drastic action to mitigate climate change. It also helped kickstart global recognition of the critical role of indigenous...

Kenya’s forests underpin the productivity of key economic sectors in the country, including agriculture, horticulture, tourism, wildlife and energy. This productivity accounts for 3.5 percent of the country’s GDP and contributes about US$64 million...

Around the world, 3.2 billion people are affected by degraded landscapes, land that has lost some degree of its natural productivity due to human-caused processes. Restoring these landscapes can improve community resilience and enhance local...

UNEP, through the Tropical Landscape Finance Facility (TLFF) and UN-REDD, has been supporting TNP2K, a national poverty reduction program in Indonesia, to unlock the potential of the food sector to achieve national economic growth targets while also...

Côte d'Ivoire has one of the highest rates of deforestation in Africa, estimated at 2.69% annually. Deforestation is mainly attributable to agriculture (62%), with cocoa, rubber and palm oil in the lead, followed by illegal logging and firewood...