Standing with the World's Tropical Forests 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 Welcome to NICFI’s newsletter! This first edition will take stock of the breakthroughs for tropical forests coming out of the UN climate summit in ... Helping forest countries make sense of satellite data Satellite data can be a key weapon in the fight against tropical deforestation, but demands high technical skills and powerful ... Ecuador’s continued reductions in deforestation attracts new climate finance from Norway Following continued reductions in deforestation, Norway expands its results-based payments to Ecuador and pays up to USD 24 million. 70 ... Costa Rica and Norway team up to kick-start forest carbon market A pioneer country in reducing deforestation, Costa Rica is rewarded up to USD 10 million for its performance to date. ... Peru reaching key milestones in rainforest protection Peru has stepped up efforts to reduce deforestation in the Amazon through the major international forest and climate alliance with ... Landmark deal to protect DR Congo’s rainforests An initiative worth up to $ 500 million to protect the world’s second largest rainforest – the Congo Basin rainforest ... Read all news
