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Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect 840 million hectares of forests around the world and manage over 246 GtC, but yet more than half is unsecured. On World Environment Day, the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities is launching a new video today to highlight that indigenous peoples are the...
Trees need locally-grown politics
04/06/2021
04/06/2021
Presidents and celebrities planting trees are in the news again, and with green post-COVID-19 recovery plans afoot and the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, James Mayers considers what it will take to get the right trees planted and looked after in the right places, by people who...
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
03/06/2021
03/06/2021
Ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, Estrella Penunia highlights the challenges faced by small-scale women and men farmers in Asia from climate change, loss of biodiversity and land degradation.
GhaFFaP calls for a special stimulus package for smallholder forest and farm producers in Ghana
26/05/2021
26/05/2021
Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers GhaFFaP has called on the Government of Ghana and other national and global development partners to put in place a special COVID-19 stimulus package to boost smallholder forest and farm producers resilience and recovery.
The call was made at GhaFFaP’s Second National Dialogue which...
Beekeepers in Bolivia have been working hard to meet an increased demand for honey during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports from producer organizations in the country.Honey has been used for food but also for its medicinal properties in Bolivia since ancient times. "People know formulas using honey...