A new World Bank report, Pension Fund Investment in Forestry, aims to address a lack of knowledge about forestry as an asset class—a major limiting factor to investments. The report details the nature of forestry investments, exploring the case for investing in the area, explaining the mechanics of forestry investments, and highlighting some of the challenges. Pension fund trustees, managers, and regulators should find it particularly useful.

The Government of Nepal signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), unlocking up to US$45 million to support Nepal to decrease carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through 2025. With this Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) in place, Nepal is expected to reduce 9 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in the Terai Arc Landscape.

For Costa Rica, the Future of Forests Hangs in the Gender Balance

- Costa Rican women are important land conservation agents, but their roles are often marginalized.
- A concerted effort is underway to better recognize, promote, and value the different ways women and men contribute to the environment, forests, and climate change.
- Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world to prepare a Gender Action Plan for its national REDD+ strategy—and it is proving to be a game changer.

New maps of global forest carbon flux offer fresh insights for action — “A ground-breaking global set of forest carbon flux maps, which have just been released in the journal Nature Climate Change and made publicly available on the Global Forest Watch website... The maps paint a picture not only of where carbon loss is occurring, but also what’s driving it: they disaggregate the contributions of commodity production, shifting cultivation, timber harvesting or fire. That additional information will help decision-makers determine what kind of intervention is necessary...”

Ecological ICMS enables forest restoration in Brazil

Solving Brazil's land use puzzle: Increasing production and slowing Amazon deforestation

The world lost 3.6 million hectares of primary rainforest in 2019 and loss is still on the rise. The Global Forests Review by WRI compiles big data into relevant takeaways about the status of the world’s forests.

Community Natural Forest Resource Dependency and its Degradation in Dembiya Woreda, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

Intelligent Pubescent Oak Forests (Quercus Pubescens Wild.) From Dobroudja Plateau, Romania

FAO launches new tool for forest and water connections

The Forest and Landscape Water Ecosystem Services (FL-WES) Tool is available to everyone, from local governments implementing regional projects to individuals interested in improving their management practices within their land.

Users can input different parameters, including whether their project is local, regional, or national, what kind of financial resources are available, and what kind of expertise they can access.