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Taskforce kick-off meeting (Photo credit: UNDP Indonesia) At the United for Wildlife Global Summit and High-Level Ministerial Roundtable in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 4 November 2025, the Indonesian Minister of Forestry, Raja Juli Antoni recognized...

The African continent is at a defining crossroads: how to feed a growing population, sustain rural livelihoods, and preserve the forests that anchor its ecological and economic balance. From 27–29 October 2025, FAO, the African Forest Forum (AFF)...

Forest finance featured prominently at COP30, as governments, Indigenous leaders, investors and international organizations focused on closing the global financing gap for forest protection and restoration. On 17 November, Brazil convened a...

A new coalition of governments, Indigenous Peoples, investors, intermediaries, standard setters, and civil society today announced the launch of the Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition, a collective effort to accelerate action and finance for forests at the...

Across the world, customary land systems are central to achieving climate and biodiversity goals. Indigenous Peoples and other customary communities collectively manage an estimated 5.5 billion hectares of land - covering 42 per cent of the planet’s...

On the left Mr. Yergalem Taages Beraki, FAO Presentative to Uganda (a.i.), On the right Hon. Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning & Economic Development @FAO/Agatha Ayebazibwe. In October 2025, Uganda made history by becoming the first...

Across Zambia’s expansive forest landscapes, rural communities rely on trees for food, income, and energy. Each year, miombo forests provide significant volumes of wild mushrooms, indigenous fruits, forest honey, wood, and other essentials for daily...

Indigenous Peoples-led REDD+ initiatives are key to deliver benefits beyond emissions reductions Across Latin America, Indigenous Peoples are redefining how forest conservation and climate finance mechanisms translate into tangible territorial...

A Celebration of 130 years On 7 October 2025 the Lavazza Coffee Company and the Fondazione Lavazza, hosted the second edition of “ The Coffeeprint of Tomorrow – Cultivating Coffee Value” in Turin, Italy, to mark Lavazza’s 130th anniversary. The...

Johannesburg, October 2025 — African countries are advancing rapidly from readiness to results in REDD+ implementation, as the UN-REDD Programme and Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) convened a high-level REDD+ Investment...

Photo: UNDP Peru This year marks the tenth anniversary of both the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These landmark international instruments for a sustainable planet are equally driving the economies of the future. In...