Partnerships for Forests recently celebrated one year of implementation in Latin America. To mark the occasion, our regional office has released a report featuring our key learnings from the period, featuring a series of recommendations for both entrepreneurs and investors in the climate-smart land use sector in Colombia and Brazil. Read the report (English
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Invitation to Tender – COOPAVAM: Indigenous Lands Territorial Management Plan
Palladium seeks to procure a consultancy company to develop Indigenous Environmental & Territorial Management Plans (PGTA), in four Indigenous Lands in Northwest Mato Grosso State, and Rondônia State, Brazil. The objective is to consolidate and expand the environmental impact Coopavam (a Brazilian rural settlers’ Cooperative) generates through the sustainable purchase of Brazil Nuts from these
2017 – The Year in Review
by Bruce Cabarle In late October, it was announced that we are 1000 days away from the deadline laid out in the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests under which nearly 200 countries, companies and communities pledged to end deforestation by 2020. Announcements this year suggest we are a long way away from being on
From Commitment to Implementation: The Africa Palm Oil Initiative Enters New Phase
The long-term vision of the TFA 2020 APOI is to deliver real impact on the ground by supporting national governments to implement the principles endorsed in Marrakesh. Now, the TFA 2020 APOI has secured the funding and support needed to enter the implementation phase to deliver on the commitments.
‘Happily Overwhelmed’ by the Response to the Call for Concepts
The response from the first call for concepts validates a significant demand in the market for partnerships that can catalyse sustainable investments, as well as a sizeable appetite for incubating those partnerships to become viable businesses.
Testing our Assumptions: Early Learning on the Market for Sustainable Forest Investments
Over our inception phase we spoke to a wide range people, from private, public and community sectors, to test our ideas and get insights into how we can help create shared value across all the projects we support in our Forest Partnerships.
Partnerships for Forests at Climate Week – Signalling our Ambition
Blog: Bruce Cabarle – Team Leader As this year’s climate week in New York nears its close, it’s time to reflect on the takeaways for the sustainable land use agenda and what that means for those of us active in the nexus between climate change and forests. Recent developments confirm that we are at the cusp
