ADDIS ABABA, June 1, 2017 — The Chilimo forest is one of the few remnants of a dry, mountainous forest that once covered Ethiopia’s Central Plateau. At one time under threat from deforestation, the Chilimo...
Date: June 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A new report presents a first set of principles for achieving sustainable, deforestation-free cocoa production. Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain analyzes current sustainability...
Date: May 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, May 15, 2017 - Mozambique is richly endowed with natural resources including 40 million hectares of natural forests. Despite their tremendous potential, the country’s natural forests are being...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved $32.80 million to improve rural livelihoods, reduce deforestation and unsustainable agricultural practice in the Eastern...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2017 — Today the World Bank approved $47 million (Of the total amount of $47.3 million, $15 million is a credit from the International Development Association (IDA); $13.2 million...
Date: March 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BANGKOK, September 14, 2016 — Similar to other developing countries in the region, the forests in Thailand have been disappearing due to massive cutting of trees and lack of care for forests. To help Thailand...
Date: September 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Did you drink water, eat a piece of fruit, or take a deep breath today? You have forests to thank for all of those things. Forested watersheds and wetlands supply 75 percent of the world’s accessible fresh...
Date: March 18, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Miombo forests cover more than half of Mozambique’s land area. Named for the oak-like miombo trees that dominate the area, millions of people, along with vulnerable species like African elephants and black...
Date: December 4, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
GEF project gives boost to climate action Washington D.C., October 21, 2015 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council approved today a first-of-its-kind multi-million dollar project to help protect...
Date: October 21, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KHARTOUM, September 2, 2015 - In collaboration with the World Bank Group, Sudan’s Forests National Corporation (FNC) launched the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Preparedness...
Date: September 2, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MAPUTO – July 25, 2015 – Technical leaders from Mozambique, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Zambia, Gabon, India and Brazil, who serve as counterparts to the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund (BioCF), Forest Investment...
Date: July 25, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAROVOAY, July 20, 2015 — If you look out from an airplane window, Madagascar seems to bleed into the ocean. The island state off the east coast of Africa was described as the “great red island” by Marco...
Date: July 20, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
An innovative new grant program for fighting forest loss is putting project design and funding decisions in the hands of indigenous peoples and local communities and giving them the power to set priorities...
Date: March 31, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Local communities are among a forest’s most important stewards, and giving them a voice is one of the most powerful ways to protect forests. For indigenous and forest-dependent peoples, forests mean food,...
Date: December 4, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2014—As more than 120 world leaders converge on New York this week for an unprecedented UN climate summit, one highly significant voice needs to be heard. That voice belongs...
Date: September 22, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Vientiane, August 25, 2014 – The Government of Lao PDR and the World Bank signed a grant agreement for US$ 3.6 million provided by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The grant aims to support...
Date: August 25, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, July 30, 2014 – The Government of Ethiopia has recently signed a new grant agreement with the World Bank to continue to implement approaches to sustainably and equitably manage its forests....
Date: July 30, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2014—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$36.9 million climate trust fund grant to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pilot...
Date: June 24, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Consider this: Although most countries are on a sustainable path, nearly 45 percent of the 136 countries analyzed by the World Bank Group in its annual Little Green Data Book are depleting their "wealth"...
Date: June 5, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Global partnership to protect tropical forests expanded with eight new countries GENEVA, Switzerland, December 16, 2013 – In a further boost for global efforts to combat climate change and tropical deforestation,...
Date: December 16, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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