Increasing Efficiency and Transparency in Forest Restoration Process
In Zambia we chose to use GIS Cloud technologies to improve the daily workflow in planting trees and educating farmers on the effects trees have on the environment and the global climate.
And now…after COP23 ?
While the Paris rules will be finalized at COP24 next year in Poland, no big decisions were expected in Bonn for this COP23.
Love Nature campaign finalist for an international award
Brabantia, leader in interior design, was nominated for Campaign of the Year for their inspiring impact marketing campaign “Love Nature” that plants one tree for every rotary dryer sold. Brabantia has already rewarded over 1 million customers with trees: trees indeed make a good company. More information here.
Event at COP23: innovative and diverse financing for forest conservation & restoration at landscape scale
As the global community prepares to implement ambitious forest landscape restoration plans, it is vital to pay attention to the quality of FLR outcomes and practices.
What natural climate solutions exist today ?
Publication summary of W. Griscom et al., PNAS (full link here), September 5, 2017 Better stewardship of land is needed to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goal of holding warming to below 2 °C; however, confusion persists about the specific set of land stewardship options available and their mitigation potential. To address this, we identify […]
Land Degradation Neutral World (UNCCD)
SDG 15: Life on Land. In 2015, 193 countries came together in New York to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. SDG 15 calls for the protection, restoration and sustainable management of land-based ecosystems.
Water capacity building in India
WeForest, in collaboration with FAO’s Forest and Water Programme and the Federation, organised a Forest-Water Capacity Building workshop in Meghalaya, India.
Tentsile – a company born from Passion
1983: A six-year-old London boy, Alex, saw the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest on the BBC news. A few weeks later, his grandmother took him to see Return of the Jedi.
Expedition, adventure, restoration: a conservation biologist visits
James Borrell is a conservation biologist with a passion for expeditions and adventure. He’s been involved with a range of projects over four continents, from critically endangered big cats in the remote Dhofar mountains to biodiversity surveys in the Amazon and forest genetics in the high Arctic.
Forest-Water capacity building in the Khasi Hills, India
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, WeForest, the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and the Ka Synjuk Ki Hima Arliang Wah Umiam Mawphlang Welfare Society in the East Khasi Hills held a Forest-Water Capacity Building Workshop to support the community in their understanding of forest-water relationships in their native East Khasi Hills.
