Funding forest landscape restoration using a business-centred approach: an NGO’s perspective
There is a growing realization that the private sector constitutes a promising funding mechanism for a wide community of players working to restore degraded forest landscapes.
Raising climate change higher up on the political agenda at REDDX
Towards the end of last month, Norway saw government officials, NGOs and corporations come together to discuss the implementation and capacity of REDD+ and raise the issue of forest protection and restoration higher up the global political agenda. A total of 47 countries convened in Norway to attend the Oslo REDD Exchange (REDDX).
New app shares sustainable land management stories from across the globe
The World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) is a global network of soil and water conservation specialists that supports innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management.
Good news for South America’s terrestrial hippo
At the beginning of this year, we were thrilled to see lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at our project site in Brazil.
Diverse agroecological landscapes work for climate change mitigation, biodiversity and livelihoods
In recent years, environmental discourse has focused heavily on the role of agriculture in causing widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss.
Young forests have great potential to store carbon
Paper shows young, secondary-growth forests play an important role in climate change mitigation.
Entrepreneurship lies at the heart of our Khasi Hills project
Shifting livelihoods towards a sustainable forest-based economy
New video for WeForest’s Khasi Hills project
WeForest created a video from footage taken during its recently field trip to the Khasi Hills project in India.
Combatting Climate Change with Trees
There are a number of ways we can cool our earth. The most cost-efficient and readily available is to plant trees.
What does REGREENING actually mean?
WeForest is REGREENING drylands in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso: what does this actually mean?
