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 Peru receives USD 10 million towards its efforts against deforestation With the final steps to operationalize Peru’s new REDD+ financial mechanism completed, Norway will be transferring the anticipated USD 10 ... Photo: Einar TelnesOpen Peru: Joint visit to renew commitment From March 27 to March 28th five Peruvian Ministers and five Governors from the Amazon region, along with the Ambassadors ... NICFI prolongs public access to high resolution rainforest satellite images During his visit to Brazil, Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Espen Barth Eide announced that NICFI’s Satellite Data Program ... Photo: Brazil's Ministry of Environment and Climate (MMA)Open 15 years of Partnership on Climate and Forest Joint press statement between Marina Silva, Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate and Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Minister of Climate ... Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide is traveling to Colombia and Brazil to strengthen cooperation against deforestation From March 19 to March 25, Norway’s Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide is in Colombia and Brazil. The ... 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 ... Read all news