Indonesia and Norway Step Up Support for Local Climate Champions
Indonesia and Norway launch a new phase of the Small Grants Program, directing results-based climate finance to communities living closest to the forests. The initiative forms part of the bilateral climate and forest partnership in support of Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 target. On Thursday 12 February in Jakarta, Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry Raja Juli…
Norwegian Government to provide up to 3 billion USD to new fund to preserve tropical forests
For many years, Norway has been one of the largest donors of funding to protect the world’s rainforests. The Government is now proposing to allocate up to 3 billion USD to a new international fund designed to safeguard the world’s tropical forests for generations to come. ‘It is vital to stop deforestation to reduce the…
International Commitment to Indigenous Peoples at UN’s Climate Summit in Brazil
Norway and several other countries pledge funding and political support to give Indigenous Peoples rights and resources to protect the rainforest. ‘Strengthening Indigenous rights is one of the most effective measures to reduce deforestation. This is both about social justice and about protecting forests that absorb and store carbon’, said Minister of Climate and Environment…
Stepping Up Efforts Against Forest Crime
Environmental crime is among the world’s most profitable forms of organized crime and a serious threat to climate, nature, and people. Norway is now strengthening its cooperation with the UN and INTERPOL to combat illegal tropical deforestation. ‘We cannot save the rainforest if we allow illegal logging and other forms of forest crime to continue.…
Billion-dollar pledge to Indigenous Peoples fulfilled – one year ahead of schedule
At the climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, Norway and several other donors pledged USD 1.7 billion to strengthen the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities to tropical forests. That goal has now been reached. A new report presented during the UN High-Level Week in New York shows that the pledge made by many…
Norway cancels procurement for Tropical Forest Satellite Data Program
Norway has decided to cancel the procurement process for the next phase of the NICFI Satellite Data Program. The decision follows a legal challenge to the award decision. The NICFI program plays a critical role in advancing tropical forest monitoring by providing high-resolution satellite imagery that supports a wide range of applications. These include tracking…
Norway is calling for global action on Indigenous rights in tropical forests
Norway is joining global leaders in calling for a global commitment on land rights to protect tropical rainforests ahead of this year’s COP30 climate summit. The statement was launched at a high-level meeting in London, hosted by the foundation of His Royal Highness Prince William. “Indigenous Peoples and local communities must be central to the…
Record High Tropical Forest Loss in 2024
Tropical forest loss reached record levels in 2024, according to a report published today. Large-scale fires, mainly human induced, and intensified by rising temperatures and drought, were a major driver. A total of 6.7 million hectares of tropical forest were lost last year—nearly double the amount lost in 2023. That equates to 18 football fields…
Protecting Indigenous land is key to climate fight: Leaders call for historic COP30 deal
Leaders from tropical forest nations are urging governments, philanthropies and private sector to take action at COP30. They want a historic commitment to scale up the recognition of land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities and a fresh wave of funding to back it up. At a high-level event during the UN Permanent Forum…
Breakthrough for indigenous governance in the Colombian Amazon
Norway is stepping up support for indigenous governments in the Colombian Amazon by committing $7 million (78 million NOK) to help secure and manage areas that indigenous peoples have lived in for generations. The new partnership will help empower indigenous governments to take control of their territories, For over 30 years, indigenous peoples have been…