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02 May 2023 Bolivia

Indigenous territorial governance for forest conservation in Monteverde, Bolivia

The indigenous territory of Monteverde in Bolivia extends over 1 million hectares and is mainly covered with forests. In recent years, however, agricultural encroachment has resulted in increased deforestation.

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21 April 2023 General

Fires-smart Landscape programme learning and exchange workshop in Ketapang, Indonesia

Wildfires are increasing in intensity, frequency and scale of impact and have become concern for countries around the world with severe impacts for people and forests.

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18 April 2023 the Netherlands

Call for an international evaluator: Working Landscapes programme

Tropenbos International is looking for an international evaluator to lead a team of national evaluators in conducting the end evaluation of its Working Landscapes programme.

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13 April 2023 Uganda

Oil palm cultivation on Buvuma island, Uganda, may cause deforestation elsewhere

Uganda’s Buvuma island, located in Lake Victoria, used to be heavily forested. Between 2000 and 2005, however, the island witnessed rapid land use changes, leaving less than 3% of the area forested.

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06 April 2023 the Netherlands

Sustainable climate finance: how to bridge the gaps

‘The financial sector has contributed to climate change and biodiversity loss, but is can also be part of the solution.’ With these words, the organisers opened the GLF conference ‘Luxembourg Finance for Nature: What comes next?’ During the conference, Mobilising More for Climate (MoMo4C) partners and other experts presented and discussed challenges and solutions to fund such initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.

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03 April 2023 General

Farmer managed natural regeneration in Niger: the state of knowledge

New publication - Faced with environmental degradation and strong land pressure, farmers in south-central Niger have intensified their agricultural production systems. Since the 1980s, farmers in the regions of Zinder, Maradi and Tahoua have increased the number of trees and shrubs on their fields, creating new agroforestry parklands over about 5 million hectares. This regreening is not based on tree planting, however, but on farmers protecting and managing natural regeneration of woody species on their crop lands. This has been well documented over the years, but until now, there has not been a thorough review of all of the published peer-referenced as well as grey literature.

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