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Forest protected areas critical for slowing climate change
A new study involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions states that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and immediate strategies to combat climate change. The study, “Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change,” was published in PLoS Biology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and makes specific recommendations for incorporating protected areas into overall strategies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses from deforestation and degradation (nicknamed REDD).
Technical Discussion Series: Ever Green 'book club' with author John Reid
This ‘book club’ like conversation with author and conservationist John Reid gave participants the opportunity to meet and discuss the book Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet that Reid co-authored together with the late biologist Thomas Lovejoy. The book, published in 2022, is “[…] a clear, provocative, persuasive and inspiring call to action to conserve Earth’s irreplaceable wild woods, counteract climate change, and save the planet.”
Technical Discussion Series: Informing the Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program with Lessons from Past and Present Programs
This hybrid webinar aimed to take lessons from past and ongoing Integrated Approach Pilots and Impact Programs that have acquired an experience on aspects mobilizable to the Amazon, Congo, and Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program.
Technical Discussion Series: Cities and Forests
Forests and trees in urban areas offer multiple benefits for the environment and for people, such as carbon sequestration, reduced heat island effect, improved air quality, and enhanced mental health and well-being for citizens.
Technical Discussion Series: Carbon Mapping in African Drylands
In this hybrid event, Jim Tucker from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented findings from the Nature article Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands.
Technical Discussion: Advancing the Integrated Approach to Tackle Commodity-driven Deforestation
In 2014, the Global Environment Facility launched an ambitious effort to influence the shift in supply chains for the commodities of beef, soy, and palm oil towards reduced-deforestation production, while delivering continued social and economic development to farmers and their communities. The GEF-6 program, Taking Deforestation out of Commodity Supply Chains, evolved into the Good Growth Partnership (GGP) program, and draws on a range of skills and experience from a consortium of GEF agencies and a diverse set of partners.