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“It’s always better to involve us,” says Kibarisho Leintoi, a 36-year-old Masai mother of eight children. “Even though I cannot read or write, I know what I need for my family to live: we need healthcare and water.” Water for the irrigation of her...

The UN-REDD Programme initiates efforts to combat illegal logging and trade and reduce the pressure on the forests of the Lower Mekong region. The Lower Mekong basin is of global significance, boasting an incredibly high diversity of forest habitats...

Forests underpin life on Earth. Globally, around 2.4 billion people or one third of the entire human population depend directly on forests for wood for cooking their daily meals. And we all depend on forests in less tangible ways to provide the...

Local development banking plays a fundamental role in Latin American countries. Banking can act as a financial vehicle for various development purposes and can help to establish a more direct relationship between the public and private sectors...

Now is the time to stop detrimental behavior and opt for clean choices In these difficult times, due to the current pandemic, it is important to recognize the role that nature-based solutions, particularly ecosystem conservation and restoration, can...

Local communities are key forest stakeholders, and their involvement in decision-making and sustainable management generates positive outcomes for livelihoods, rural development and forest conservation. In Colombia, approximately one million people...

Local participation has been found to have positive implications for various aspects of REDD+, and forest monitoring is no exception. To maximise local people’s involvement in forest monitoring and the assessment of social impacts, the Government of...

The scene of women carrying leaves from “In” trees, or Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, back to their villages is quite common in rural Myanmar. The leaves are collected in forests and used by villagers for roofing and wrapping materials. The timber is...

The degradation and loss of forests and biodiversity is a contributing factor to disrupting nature’s balance and increasing the risks of human epidemic diseases in general. The COVID-19 pandemic is a deep and lasting shock at global level; we all...

In April and May, The UN-REDD Programme hosted 6 webinars on key issues related to investments in nature-based solutions with a focus on forest conservation and restoration. Called “Charting our Carbon Future: opportunities for corporate mitigation...

Forests are a pre-eminent nature-based solution to the climate emergency. If deforestation is stopped and damaged forests are restored, they can provide around a third of the carbon reduction needed. UN-REDD is a flagship UN partnership between FAO...

The second Resource newsletter this year reaches you in a changed world, a world in crisis, with the Covid-19 pandemic driving it home how forest loss and degradation contribute to the spread of diseases. The destruction of forest ecosystems through...