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Increasing productivity to combat deforestation in the Amazon
In year 2009 the brazilian tropical forest experienced the lowest deforestion rate of the last 21 years, with ‘only’ 7,464 square km being deforested (more than the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo). Currently land use change (whose main driver is [...]
Al Gore acknowledges indonesian efforts to fight climate change
Indonesia is the second country with the highest deforestation rate in the world, after Brazil. Recently the country has agreed to implement a moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions in peatlands and forest areas. The moratorium, which is part [...]
Global illegal logging declines 22% since 2002, part II
In our last post we addressed what may be one of the most important news of the year for our planet, the major decline in illegal logging by 22 percent since 2002, according to the last report released by Chatham [...]
Global illegal logging declines 22% since 2002, part I
The forest sector plays a key role in tackling climate change. One of the main recent reports addressing deforestation, The Eliasch Review, Climate Change: Financing Global Forests (an independent report commissioned by the British Prime Minister), stresses the next: “Forestry, [...]
A great wall of trees will link Africa and help reforest the continent
Last June 17, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) made a unique announcement: they will fund the Great Green Wall, a 4,400 mile long wall, nine miles thick, made completely of trees. The Great Green Wall will cost U$S 119 million [...]
Nature’s effect
A recent study corroborates that to feel more alive we need to spend more time outdoors, in nature. We usually drink a cup of coffee or a can of Coke when we need a little energy boost, but the truth [...]
Deforestation of the Amazon at its lowest level in 20 years
The Brazilian government announced last week that the number of deforested trees in the Amazon over the past year is less than the amounts recorded in the last 20 years. This year, the deforested area was 45% smaller than [...]
Enriching discussions at the World Forestry Congress, in Argentina
The 13th World Forestry Congress has taken place this past week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This Congress is organized every six years, in different cities of the world, and is attended by around 6000 people from more than 160 countries. [...]
