Tag: #forests

Nepal’s Community Forestry Initiatives

Deforestation not only negatively impacts biodiversity and ecological systems but also threatens the livelihoods of many communities in Nepal that...

Restoration of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest on Private Land

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest region accounts for 80 percent of the country’s GDP, hosts 70 percent of its population, and has...

The Kwimba Reforestation Project of Tanzania

In 1990, Tanzania embarked on the Kwimba Reforestation Project. Under this project, an international group of people and businesses worked together...

Carbon Sequestration and Community-Based Conservation: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship

This article discusses the role and relevance of community-based conservation in the context of carbon sequestration.

The decrease of deforestation in Brazil

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest decreased by one-third during the first six months of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration, compared to...