At COP26: Promoting sustainable trade through transparency and traceability  At the COP26 Indonesia Pavilion on 8 November, European Forest Institute (EFI) expert Thomas Sembres...

The lessons of COVID-19: facilitation for sustainability The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the environment. As resources for forest management decline, risks of criminal...

COP26 EU side event to explore tracking private finance in tropical forest countries In the lead up to the Paris Agreement on climate change, countries mapped out post-2020 climate plans, known...

New insights: Leveraging data for supply chain sustainability  The EU REDD Facility has released a new  Transparency Pathway Insights  series,...

Supporting customary and indigenous groups to manage the forests they depend on helps reduce deforestation in tropical countries, recent research suggests.

As the EU REDD Facility marks its 10-year anniversary, it has released a summation of key lessons learned in working to strengthen efforts to ensure tropical forests meet their potential to limit...

Forest sector independent monitoring: promise for land-use governance Despite decades of efforts, forests are still being lost at an alarming rate, particularly...

New training online on land-use planning processes The EU REDD Facility has announced a new online training programme for using the Land-use Planner , an interactive tool for land-use planning...

EU REDD Facility releases highlights and insights from 2020  The EU REDD Facility has published its annual report for 2020, with highlights and insights into work achieved over the...

Land-use planning processes get easier with the upgraded Land-use Planner The EU REDD Facility has announced major updates to the Land-use Planner , an interactive tool for...

Entre 1960 et 2017, le couvert forestier de la Côte d’Ivoire a reculé, passant de 12 millions d’hectares à moins de 3 millions, alors que l’agriculture, et en particulier la culture de cacao, se...

Between 1960 and 2017, Côte d'Ivoire's forest cover declined from 12 million hectares to less than 3 million hectares as agriculture, cocoa production in particular, expanded. To address...

EFI seeks a Forest and Land-Use Governance Expert To reinforce the EU REDD Facility and its portfolio in Asia the European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a Forest and Land-Use Governance...

A new blog by the EU REDD Facility’s Asia Coordinator Jeremy Broadhead poses the question – whose responsibility is forest protection and restoration? Drawing on his experience in the Kayu...

A mechanism for offering financial incentives to farmers to manage their land in ways that offer ecological benefits shows significant promise in Côte d’Ivoire, the European Union (EU) REDD...

Smallholder farmers across Côte d’Ivoire rely heavily on cocoa production, but rarely manage to generate a living income from cocoa alone. Balancing the well-being of farmers and conservation and...

To reinforce its "Keberlanjutan sAwit Malaysia dan Indonesia", i.e. "sustainability of Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil” (KAMI) project, the European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking...

The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking Land-Use Governance Expert to reinforce the EU REDD Facility and its portfolio in Africa. The position is based at EFI’s office in Barcelona, Spain.

As climate change impacts grow ever more apparent, it becomes more urgent to stop carbon flowing into the atmosphere and increase resilience to rising threats. Much will depend on how and where...

Valérie Merckx has been appointed as Head of the FLEGT and REDD Unit, and will start in her position immediately.