Stories: The Governance of Forests Initiative

This piece was written with analysis from Athena Ballesteros, Edward Cameron, Yamide Dagnet, Florence Daviet, Aarjan Dixit, Heather McGray, and Clifford Polycarp.

African farmers currently face a crisis.

As leaders in government, business and civil society prepare to head to Rio de Janeiro for the UN Sustainable Development Summit, known as Rio+20, experts from the World Resources Institute will host a press call to discuss issues and expectations for the meeting.

This piece was written with Gaia Larsen and Crystal Davis.

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

With all its complex processes and acronyms, it’s easy to forget that the international climate change negotiations are supposed to lead to changes on the ground.

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) is a targeted program within the framework of the Climate Investment Funds that supports developing countries’ efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The FIP Results Framework is a tool to monitor and evaluate the implementation of FIP funds. Following are WRI’s comments suggesting ways to improve the FIP Results Framework.

An update on the role of forests and REDD+ in the international climate negotiations.

Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own resource curse?

To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship a reality?

To be successful, money pledged to protect forests must tackle the underlying drivers of deforestation.