Forest Trends Association

A nature-positive economy is just. With support from our partners & donors, we’re ensuring the new green economy is a vehicle for climate justice (pg. 15): https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr - Supporting the development of a new protocol to increase water rights for women in Peru - Building trust on climate finance with indigenous communities in the Amazon - Supporting households from Vietnamese “wood villages” to participate in high-level government events to voice the support they need to adopt more sustainable timber practices. The needs of these communities are often overlooked in high-level discussions. Join us. Give today: https://lnkd.in/eFzibZAm

#NewPerspectives on climate: In 2024, we sat down with André Lima ??, Brazil’s Secretary for Controlling Deforestation & Territorial Ordinance, on how Brazil is using a combination of stronger laws & economic incentives to eliminate deforestation. Want to read the full story? Click here (pg. 12): https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr

A nature-positive economy is trustworthy & transparent. Our impact in 2024 building transparency, accountability, & integrity in the economic instruments driving value to nature: https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr - Providing public access to the world’s largest database of global voluntary carbon market transactions to improve access to carbon markets information for communities, smaller market players, & the general public. - Informing US government work on enforcing illegal timber trade through public-access data dashboards. - Shaping stronger US sanctions policy on Myanmar. Since the military coup in 2021, there is a high risk of timber trade transactions being linked to illegal corruption, environmental damage, and human rights abuses. Help support work like this. Give today: https://lnkd.in/eFzibZAm

#GoodNews for climate: Ecosystem Marketplace launched a public version of the Global Carbon Markets Hub to improve access to carbon markets information for communities, smaller market players, & the general public. Visit the Hub: https://lnkd.in/e8vceZ55 Read more good news here (pg. 8): https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr

Nuestro equipo de la Iniciativa del Agua está entusiasmado tras nuestro taller de la semana pasada en La Paz (México), donde las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (SBN) están en auge para hacer frente al estrés hídrico más grave del país. 1. Las SBN han demostrado ser estrategias eficaces para ayudar a restablecer el equilibrio hídrico de la región, tanto mediante la recarga de sus críticas aguas subterráneas, como apoyando el tratamiento del agua para su reutilización. Visitamos un trabajo asombroso en Rancho Cacachilas, donde están implementando y monitoreando prácticas para enriquecer la infraestructura natural para conservar el suelo y frenar el agua que corre por los arroyos durante las lluvias torrenciales de la región. 2. Los nuevos mecanismos de financiación pueden ampliar la escala de estas prácticas. Entre las opciones analizadas: el Estado de Baja California Sur ha propuesto un nuevo fondo ambiental que continuará alineado con el programa nacional mexicano de Pagos por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos (PSAH) y aportaría financiación procedente de tasas ambientales; están surgiendo metodologías de mercado de carbono para apoyar la financiación de actividades basadas en la naturaleza que eviten tecnologías hídricas más intensivas en emisiones, como la desalinización; y los ejemplos mexicanos de Saltillo y Xalapa ofrecen ejemplos de cómo las y los usuarios del agua están contribuyendo voluntariamente a apoyar las SBN en sus recibos de agua. 3. A medida que ampliamos las SBN para hacer frente a las crisis hídrica y climática en todo el mundo, podemos beneficiarnos enormemente del intercambio de lecciones y experiencias a la hora de abordar retos compartidos. Nuestros colegas de Perú, incluidos los del proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica (NIWS), compartieron sus conocimientos sobre las prácticas indígenas para la recarga de aguas subterráneas, el cambio de paradigma en el sector del agua y saneamiento de Perú para incorporar la infraestructura natural, y las estrategias - técnicas e institucionales - para posicionar las inversiones en SBN a escala y de forma duradera. GRACIAS a la Innovaciones Alumbra por su apoyo y la colaboración del World Resources Institute en este trabajo, a Rancho Cacachilas por recibirnos y mostrarnos su gran trabajo, a nuestros colegas y amigos de Perú, Ecuador y EE.UU. que hicieron el largo viaje para unirse a nosotros, y a TODOS los y las participantes que contribuyeron con sus ideas y energía a la construcción de un futuro resiliente para La Paz. Gena Gammie, Mia Smith, Alejandra Irasema Campos Salgado, Anne McEnany, Boris Ochoa-Tocachi, Fernando MOMIY HADA, Delmy Poma Bonifaz, Descosur, Lucia Delfina Ruiz Ostoic, Pablo Lazo, Carlos Munoz-Pina, Alex Johnson, Gabriel Patrón Coppel, Isaac Martinez, Lucia Corral, Laura Martinez, Monica Robinson Bours, Sergio Marines, Cristina González Rubio Sanvicente Photo credit: Asdrubal Luna

We’re helping shift to a new way of doing things where the default relationship with our planet is synergy, not extraction: https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr We know how to do this, and we need you. Help us amplify our message by resharing!

James Mwangi speaking at #KatoombaXXVIII on the massive potential nature provides for economic benefit: Learn more about the Katoomba Group: https://lnkd.in/egGHHfrK

In the Mekong region the production and trade of natural rubber (NR) has a close link to legality and deforestation risk. Meeting EUDR requirements will be challenging. Much of NR produced in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are produced by companies and smallholders and destined to China; some proportion of that is enroute to the EU in?final products such as tires, gloves, threads. There are some major problems embodied in current NR supply chains: -?Some land concessions are linked to violation of community rights. -?Supply chains involved smallholders are complex and deem untraceable. -?Stolen rubber in company’s plantation area particularly in Laos is rampant and unstoppable. In some areas, stolen rubber stands at 20-30% of company’s total production. This stolen rubber is gathered by pretty traders and merged into export. -?A hugh gap in cross-border trade data recorded by sending and receiving countries. E.g. Vietnam records 1.5 mil tons of NR import /year whereas Cambodia records almost none. This points to legality risks. However, some companies including DakLaoruco (a Vietnamese company investing in Laos) have claimed that they’ve met EUDR requirements. On Nov 15 we brought together colleagues representing the governments, private sector, NGOs, etc. from Mekong countries and China to talk about legality and deforestation risks linked to the production and trade of this commodity. We discussed the implications for EUDR. This workshop held in Vientiane was attended by the Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Laos. We also spent a day to smallholder plantation and a factory in Vientiane province. We called for urgent responses from the governments and private sector and have agreed on future regional collaboration to strengthen the legality and deforestation free production and trade of NR in the Mekong region. #Naturalrubber #Mekongregion #China #Legality #Supplychains #EUDR

Our 2024 Impact Report is here! Together with our partners & donors, we’ve spent the last 25 years creating a better future for all: https://lnkd.in/eHu9aKPr We’re experimenting & demonstrating, building a global network, & sharing models that align economies with the power of nature, giving us our best shot at addressing daunting climate challenges. Join us. Make your donation today: https://lnkd.in/eFzibZAm

Our Water team is abuzz after our workshop last week in La Paz, Mexico, where #naturebasedsolutions (#NBS) are on the rise to address the most severe water stress in the country. A few takeaways from our time together: 1. NBS have proven to be effective strategies to help to bring the region’s water back into balance – both through recharging its critical groundwater and through supporting water treatment for reuse. We visited amazing work at Rancho Cacachilas, where they have implemented and monitored practices to enhance the landscape’s natural infrastructure to conserve soil and reduce the speed of rushing water during the region’s flashy rainfalls. 2. Emerging financing mechanisms have the potential to bring these practices to scale: The State of Baja California Sur has proposed a new environmental fund that would continue to match Mexico’s national Payments for Watershed Services program and bring in funding from environmental fees. Carbon market methodologies are emerging to support finance for nature-based activities that avoid more emission-intensive water treatment options like desal. The cities of Saltillo and Xalapa offer examples of how water users in Mexico are voluntarily contributing to support NBS in their water bills. 3. As we scale-up NBS to address the water and climate crises around the world, we can benefit greatly from exchanging lessons and experiences in tackling shared challenges. Our colleagues from Peru, including from the Natural Infrastructure for Water Security project (NIWS), shared insights including on indigenous practices for groundwater recharge; shifting the paradigm in Peru’s drinking water sector to incorporate natural infrastructure; and technical and institutional strategies to position NBS investments for scale and durability. THANK YOU to Innovaciones Alumbra for their support and World Resources Institute’s collaboration in this work, to Rancho Cacachilas for hosting us and showing us your great work, to our colleagues & friends from Peru, Ecuador, and the US who made the long trip to join us, and to ALL of the participants who contributed their ideas and energy to building a resilient future for La Paz. Gena Gammie, Mia Smith, Alejandra Irasema Campos Salgado, Anne McEnany, Boris Ochoa-Tocachi, Fernando MOMIY HADA, Delmy Poma Bonifaz, Lucia Delfina Ruiz Ostoic, Pablo Lazo, Carlos Munoz-Pina, Alex Johnson, Gabriel Patrón Coppel, Isaac Martinez Photo credit: Asdrubal Luna