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Colombia is among the world’s top cattle-producing countries, with more than 23 million head of beef and dairy cattle occupying approximately 38 percent of the total land area. It is challenging to clearly correlate deforestation with specific agricultural commodities in Colombia, but...

The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. And this must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2 C. degree warming that world leaders have set as the maximum acceptable limit. Decarbonizing...

With growing recognition of the critical roles played by forests in addressing global challenges such as climate change, food security and poverty alleviation, supporting sustainable forest management (SFM) remains key. Yet the financing of SFM continues to be a challenge; it has...

Djibouti faces critical challenges with power generation and distribution. Heavy reliance on fossil-fuel imports keeps the country exposed to price volatility, constraining economic development plans.  But significant geothermal, wind and solar energy resources could...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to be universal in the sense of embodying a universally shared common global vision of progress towards a safe, just and sustainable space for all human beings to thrive on the planet. They reflect the moral principles that no-...

This report aims to raise awareness about this type of protected area and provide a framework to show how privately protected areas can and should be reported nationally and internationally. The report is based on an extensive literature review, discussions with privately protected...

The montane forests of Kenya, better known as Kenya’s “Water Towers”, produce direct economic value for its citizens. This value accrues not only from the production of various timber- and non-timber forest products, but also from a range of regulating ecosystem services that...

Zambia’s forest ecosystemsc ontribute US$ 1.3 billion, roughly 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to the national economy, further highlighting the crucial role forests can play in the global transition to a green economy, according to a new UNEP study.

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This report shows that if current trends continue, up to 170 million hectares of forest could be lost between 2010 and 2030 in these 11 deforestation fronts, 10 of which are in the tropics. The fronts are located in the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest and Gran Chaco, Borneo, the Cerrado,...

The first version of the Energy Toolkit, a collection of leading instruments and methodologies for low-emission, climate-resilient development planning in the energy sector, is now available. The goal is to offer energy practitioners, policymakers, and experts a quick reference guide...

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