2020 is International Year of Plant Health
Did you know that some tree species can only be germinated through the
belly of an elephant? That’s just one example of how plants and...
Five New Year resolutions with a green twist
As the new year dawns, this is the perfect time to reset and rethink.
As you make your New Year’s resolutions, keep the environment in...
Spotlight on Ethiopia’s tree-planting programme
“Climate change impacts have greatly affected Ethiopia in terms of
flooding, drought and food insecurity,” says Margaret Oduk, Programme Coordinator
of UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Liaison...
Ambitious project to restore Andean forests
Growing at altitudes of up to 5,000 metres, polylepis forests,
comprising 28 recognized shrub and tree species endemic to the mid- and
high-elevation regions of the...
2020: A crunch year for the biodiversity and climate emergencies
Over the last few months, the scientific community has repeatedly
sounded the alarm on biodiversity breakdown and the climate emergency.
Scientists and most governments agree that...
China: Improving Forest Ecosystem Management and Resilience
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved
a US$150 million loan to help China improve sustainable forest ecosystem management
in the upper reaches of the...
Managing forests with community participation in Kenya
“It’s always better to involve us,” says
Kibarisho Leintoi, a 36-year-old Masai mother of eight children. “Even though I
cannot read or write, I know what...
UNECE and FAO support ecosystem restoration in Eastern and South-East Europe
Countries in Eastern and South-East Europe
need to develop viable solutions and goals for forest landscape restoration, as
well as learn how to tap into the...
Climate Overshoot: The Important Conversation We’re Not Having
A newly released paper, Planning for Change:
Conservation-Related Impacts of Climate Overshoot, published in Oxford University Press journal, BioScience, examines the
potentially substantial impacts climate overshoot...
More Companies and Government Ambition Required to Meet the “Net Zero” Challenge
Four years after the Paris Climate Agreement, tangible
action from governments is falling short of trajectories needed to restrict
global warming to 1.5° Celsius. This is...