Securing Tropical Forests for the Future Photo: Snorre Tønset/NICFIOpenDid you know? Today an area of natural tropical forests the size of a football pitch is cleared every 6 seconds. Why are tropical forests important?Tropical forests are large sources of climate gas emissions, due to deforestation. They could instead be a big part of the climate solution. Read more Why are tropical forests destroyed?Tropical forests have been and are still being converted to other land uses on a large scale worldwide. What drives deforestation is a complex mix of many different actors and underlying causes. Read more Photo: Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR Open Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the news and highlights from Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative – NICFI. Subscribe More about NICFI About us Photo: World Recources InstituteOpen How do we work? Photo: NICFIOpen Partner Countries Without the rainforests there is no sustainable future on the planet.  News Photo: Hege RagnhildstveitOpen How carbon markets done right help stop deforestation To stay within our climate targets we must halt tropical forest loss within this decade. A well-functioning, high-quality forest carbon ... Momentum for Rainforests – Reflections by Director of NICFI, Andreas Dahl-Jørgensen At the start of the new year, I am excited to see groundbreaking political momentum to protect rainforests. Combined with ... The Amazon Fund is re-activated At his first day in office, President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva reaffirmed the incoming government’s ambitions to halt deforestation, ... How the Global Biodiversity Framework helps our efforts to stop tropical deforestation In December 2022, the world agreed to a new landmark global deal to protect nature. Its success depends on action ... Photo: Marte Lid/ NoradOpen Historic breakthrough for the forest carbon market Norway congratulates Guyana as the first country to sell ART certified carbon credits for protecting its rainforest. Colombia receives support from Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom for the implementation of their ambitious plan to contain deforestation Colombia’s government has launched an emergency plan to stop deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. The ambitious strategy consists of working ... Read all news
