NEWS

Here you can find various news related to tropical forests - newly published papers, conferences, main political decisions etc.
We cannot cover all news related to tropical forests. Therefore, this section focuses on conferences of regional/global relevance, publications directly associated with people or organisations that are part of the Tropical Forest Arena as well as news of particular relevance for tropical forests.

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Jun 5

Beyond offsets: people and planet-centred responses to the climate and biodiversity crisis

A report by the Rainforest Foundation UK, FERN and the Forest Peoples Programme calls for a shift away from only market-based approaches...

Data and information in a political forest: The case of REDD+

Jun 3

Research articles

Data and information in a political forest: The case of REDD+

A newly published paper by Brockhaus et al. (with Arild Angelsen, Steering Committee member of the Tropical Forest Arena as co-author)...

The broken links of mineral supply chain policies

May 24

Other publications and events

The broken links of mineral supply chain policies

The growing demand for minerals for technologies used in the green transition drives expansive mining for nickel, cobalt, manganese,...

IUFRO report: International Forest Governance – a critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches

May 22

Other publications and events

IUFRO report: International Forest Governance – a critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches

There is a multitude of values, relations to, and benefits provided to people by trees and forests. We can talk about intrinsic,...

Nature conservation works and we need more of it!

May 10

Research articles

Nature conservation works and we need more of it!

The research article titled “The positive impact of conservation action” published by Langhammer et al. (2024) in Science conducted a...

Evaluation of Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative Support to Civil Society

May 10

Other publications and events

Evaluation of Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative Support to Civil Society

Norad published a new report conducted by the Evaluation Department at Norad, in collaboration with CMI and Vista Analyse. The report...

Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050

May 10

Research articles

Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050

A recent paper by Pereira et al. (2024) published in Science, assessed trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services from historical...

“Sky islands” - Proposal of new Ecoregion “South East Africa Montane Archipelago” (SEAMA)

Mar 20

Research articles

“Sky islands” - Proposal of new Ecoregion “South East Africa Montane Archipelago” (SEAMA)

Building on recent biological surveys of ancient inselbergs in southern Malawi and northern Mozambique, which have led to the discovery...

After decade-long decline deforestation in Indonesia on the rise again

Mar 14

Selected News

After decade-long decline deforestation in Indonesia on the rise again

After decade-long declining trend deforestation in Indonesia on the rise again Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer for palm oil....

Supply chain divergence challenges Brussels Effect

Mar 8

Research articles

Supply chain divergence challenges Brussels Effect

Human rights violations and environmental harms, like loss of tropical forests, are closely linked to agricultural trade. The role of...

Mar 1

Other resources

New mapping tool: PalmWatch

Inclusive Development International and UChicago Data Science Institute have launched PalmWatch, a new mapping tool that enables linking...

Planting trees to slow climate change not as straightforward as thought

Mar 1

Research articles

Planting trees to slow climate change not as straightforward as thought

A study by Weber et al. (2024) recently published in Science diminishes hopes to simply offset excessive emissions by planting more...

Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

Feb 21

Research articles

Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

The recently (February 2024) published article by Flores et al. in Nature discusses potential critical transitions in the Amazon forest...

Land sparing outperforms land sharing for Amazonian bird communities regardless of surrounding landscape context

Feb 14

Research articles

Land sparing outperforms land sharing for Amazonian bird communities regardless of surrounding landscape context

A recently published paper by Birch et al. (2024) in the Journal of Applied Ecology with Torbjørn Haugaasen (member of the TFA Steering...

Comparative study of carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Case studies from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean

Feb 14

Other publications and events

Comparative study of carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Case studies from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean

REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) has been a topic here before, as e.g. in the recent summarising...

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