The SMURF project aims to empower a multitude of beneficiaries. At its core are small forest owners, over 16 million individuals who will gain access to new tools, knowledge, and support structures to manage their land sustainably.
Deforestation is the primarily result of the expansion of agricultural land for forest risk commodities (FRCs) such as cattle, wood, palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee and rubber. These FRCs play a significant role in driving deforestation in tropical countries and the…
In an effort to combat deforestation and promote tools which enhance global monitoring and supply chain traceability, Preferred by Nature and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have joined forces within the Forest Data Partnership. The primary objective was to establish a standardised geolocation data sharing protocol, a crucial step…
Forest ecosystems are under intense pressure from our rising population and its hunger for more land and resources. Globally, we are losing about 4.7 million hectares of tropical forest every year, often to make space for agricultural commodities (decadeonrestoration.org). Forest landscape restoration is a critical strategy for tackling this…
Skove er vigtige for det globale kulstofkredsløb, kulstofbinding- og lagring. Selv om Vietnam øger det samlede skovdække, er der sket et fald i både det samlede antal hektar naturlige skove og i skovkvaliteten.
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Det kan være en udfordring at opfylde EU’s Tømmerfordring due diligence-krav. Men der er hjælp at hente til efteråret, hvor vi…
Den 24. august 2017 lancerer NEPCon [1] online platformen NEPCon Sourcing Hub. Det er den største og mest detaljerede samling af nationale risikovurderinger fra lande, der producerer palmeolie,…
NEPCon deltager i et initiativ for at øge værdien placeret i den naturlige verden ved at hjælpe folk med at bringe forretningsidéer om økosystemtjenester til gavn. Denne artikel indeholder nogle…
Are you thinking of going to the Timber Expo at the NEC in Birmingham, UK this year? It’s on from 10-12 October. If so, look out for us!
Copenhagen (17 March 2017) - Are you obliged by the EU Timber Regulation to set up a due diligence system to minimise the risk that you are placing timber on the market that has been harvested,…