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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 REDD+ Academy is the UN-REDD Programme's capacity development initiative. As part of the Programme's knowledge management support to partner countries, it seeks to enable systematic, focused capacity development to deliver REDD+ on the ground...

There is a renewed sense of optimism around tackling climate change – the international community must harness this momentum and scale-up efforts to protect and restore tropical forests. A coalition of private and public sector partners have launched...

Women and men frequently have differing roles, responsibilities and priorities in their use, knowledge and experience of forests. This knowledge can offer critical inputs to policy and field interventions that will enable the long-term success of...

It is often acknowledged that making decisions based on scientific evidence is good practice and that, therefore, providing decision-makers with reliable information is an important development strategy. This is also true in the forest sector, where...

Approximately 2.5 billion people worldwide rely on collective lands as a source of food, fuel and income. The customary claims of indigenous peoples and local communities cover more than half the global landmass, including some of the most important...

We’ve been talking about the need to protect the world’s forests for decades now. Dozens of movements, campaigns and international declarations over the years have tried to underscore the critical role forests play in biodiversity conservation, water...

Forests are crucial to sustainable development in many ways, from local livelihoods to the global commons. Yet, for decades, indigenous peoples – the leading curators and ambassadors of forests – have suffered political exclusion. More recently...

REDD+ is a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation. It offers developing countries incentives for conserving their forests and for taking action to reduce or remove carbon emissions from forests. REDD+ actions can also help secure many...

Knowledge exchanges help national development banks in Latin America and the Caribbean to develop strategies to increase finance for the forestry sector. National development banks (NDB) remain a key actor in the financing of the agricultural and...

“I feel a strong need to share simple stories that will increase people’s knowledge of the importance of forests. Since people tend to believe what they see over what they hear, vlogging is a good way to raise awareness,” says Oluwaseun Adekugbe from...