Liberia and Norway launch Climate and Forest Partnership
Press release | Date: 23/09/2014
Liberia and Norway today entered into a partnership to improve forest governance, strengthen law enforcement, and support efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions fromdeforestation and forest degradation in Liberia. The partnership aims at facilitating green growth through the development of a deforestation free agricultural sector in the country. Norway will support Liberia’s efforts with up to $150 million until 2020.
Ethiopia Norway sign forest protection agreement
News story | Date: 16/08/2017
The Governments of Norway and Ethiopia have taken an important step towards supporting Ethiopia’s climate friendly economic development. The Government of Norway has allocated up to NOK 600 million for sustainable forest management and forest restoration in Ethiopia until 2020.
Deforestation-free Financial Markets
Today, it is hard to invest your savings or pensions without contributing to deforestation. Global finance has not taken sufficient account of the environmental damage and financial risks associated with deforestation, except from a few front-runners. Even committed financiers have lacked access to credible and standardized data to be able to address deforestation risk. Financial…
Ready for the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum
The Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (OTFF) will be held in Oslo on June 21-22, the first in-person conference since 2018 due to Covid-19.
International Forest Crime
Illegal logging and trade in tropical timber is one of the world’s most lucrative criminal industries. The perpetrators – typically large, trans-national criminal networks – are involved in crimes such as corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, as well as violations of the rights of indigenous and local communities. They undermine governance, rights, and entire…
Carbon Markets and International Support Structures
Forests are crucial for our planet’s health, yet it is often more profitable to cut them down than it is to protect them. Reducing forest loss is in every nation’s best interest. International support can accelerate countries efforts and help them do more, faster. Reduced emissions from deforestation benefit the entire world. That is…
Massive operation uncovers timber trafficking network
An INTERPOL-coordinated operation has recovered more than 80 truckloads of illegal timber from forests across Latin America and the Caribbean.
How to save rainforests with satellites? Highlights of the NICFI Satellite Data Program
Today, on the International Day of Forests, the NICFI is pleased to announce that NICFI’s Satellite Data Program is extended for one more year, until September 2023. Since the launch of the program in 2020, actors across the globe have made use of free, high-resolution imagery of the tropics. In this newsletter, we are excited to share some key impacts of the program.
Colombia, Germany, Norway and the UK step up efforts to stop the destruction of forests in Colombia
News story | Date: 11/12/2019
Colombia is committing to ambitious goals to reduce deforestation and to launch large-scale programmes in support of forest conservation and ethnic groups. Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom will contribute up to 360 million USD to help Colombia reach its targets.
Landmark deal to protect DR Congo’s rainforests
An initiative worth up to $ 500 million to protect the world’s second largest rainforest – the Congo Basin rainforest – was signed at the UN climate summit in Glasgow.