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Forests

We support the protection of forests for social, economic and environmental benefits.

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Highlights
Linking REDD+, the Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions and the sustainable development goals
Forest Tenure and REDD+: Good Practice, Lessons Learned and Recommendations
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The Challenge

Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate: in 2015-2020, 10 million hectares of forest were converted to other land uses every year, an area roughly the size of Iceland.

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Green Gigaton Challenge
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Managing wildfires
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Accelerating Sustainable Land-Use Investments for People and Planet
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Building back resilient societies by investing in forests 
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REDD+
Wildfires and smoke
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Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires

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Aidan Gallagher
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Actor Aidan Gallagher urges action to repair planet

 A three-toed sloth in the forest
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Here’s what happens if the world loses its rainforests

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Story

As forests fall, Zambians race to find alternatives to logging

A forest in the Mekong Delta
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New campaign targets illegal rosewood logging in the Lower Mekong basin

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