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Get inspired by Chebet to commemorate this year's International Women's Day. When Chebet Lesan received the Queen’s Young Leaders Awards from Queen Elisabeth 2 at Buckingham Palace in 2017, it wasn’t her first, or her last, award. Before that, she...

In late August 2020, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved $103.8 million US in results-based payments (RBPs) for Indonesia’s REDD+ emissions reductions from 2014 to 2016. This achievement demonstrates international recognition of Indonesia’s...

Peatland fires and the resulting air pollution are a worry to local people and neighbouring states. The approaching dry season is usually the highest-risk time for wildfire spread. Kalimantan, Indonesia’s portion of Borneo island, is no stranger to...

“Local communities have to be involved in decisions about forests that affect their livelihoods,” says Tecla Chumba, a Kenyan woman from the Lembus tribe and mother of four. She set up a community forest association and asked the Kenya Forest Service...

Ecological fiscal transfers (EFTs) are instruments to redistribute government tax revenues to protect sites of ecological importance, compensating regional or local governments for environmental conservation efforts. EFTs are especially beneficial...

National REDD+ Academy training events use the methodology and expertise codified in the UN-REDD Programme’s REDD+ Academy curriculum to build capacity and understanding for key stakeholders on REDD+ implementation through a long-term, sustainable...

Having learned hard lessons from the catastrophic fire in 2015, the Government of Indonesia is now making a concerted effort to shift the paradigm from reactive fire suppression to proactive fire mitigation, with a focus on peat fires. Peat fires...

The move towards a joint global effort to conserve the world’s upland peats in recent years has seen increased attention on coastal tropical peats, particularly after repeated massive fire outbreaks that occurred since 1981, like the 1997/98 and 2015...