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Were those trees actually planted?Blockchain for forest landscape restoration
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FLRchain marries two brilliant concepts

IUCN has teamed up with Gaiachain to develop FLRchain – a blockchain-based application to follow forest landscape restoration implementation through a verifiable ledger system that traces transactions from funding source to farmer.
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Local organisations “are not simple add-ons” to conservation

David Kaimowitz of the Forest and Farm Facility shares his thoughts on the role of the global organisation he now manages, discusses a new report on Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and touches on connections to primary forests.
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An exciting time for forest landscapes

Just for today, let’s flip the grim narratives of deforestation and land degradation, and celebrate some of the progress the world is making on restoring forest landscapes through the Bonn Challenge.
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Restoration needs women

Women play a key role in natural resource use and management, particularly in agriculture, forest landscape systems and along value chains. On International Women’s Day, IUCN delves into why women should be at the forefront of the global restoration movement.
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Producer organisations in Ghana grow restoration skills

Forest and farm producer organisations in Ghana learn to apply the restoration opportunities assessment methodology as a tool for sustainable business.
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Critical carbon-trapping coastal ecosystems fall mainly outside of protected areas in Mozambique and Tanzania, finds IUCN report


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First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems will enable coordinated conservation efforts

First-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth.
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Recent publication
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Forest Policy and Economics
Anticipated impacts of achieving SDG targets on forests - a review


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Africa's Restoration Leaders in Action

Stay tuned: More on this important restoration work in Africa will be availible in the next issue of arborvitae.
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Nature-based Solutions for Recovery

We come from nature, but our our problems come from us. Find solutions in nature.
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