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
The Nakivubo wetland, one of several large wetland systems within and around the Ugandan city of Kampala, is severely degraded. The volumes of contaminated runoff entering wetland channels from informal...
Date: June 1, 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
Following the successful completion of the Paraguay Biodiversity Project, (supported by Global Environment Facility) which has contributed to the preservation of one of the region's largest biological...
Date: May 9, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $40 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government’s efforts for...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
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
1. A healthy environment is fundamental to poverty reduction. Environmental income accounts for about 28 percent of income worldwide, with particular importance for low-income households. Three-quarters...
Date: April 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In many parts of the world, people do not need to think about the security of their land rights. They are simply taken for granted, either as landlords or tenants. However, for the majority of the world’s...
Date: March 24, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, March 23, 2017 —The World Bank today signed a new grant agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to improve the enabling environment for sustainable forest management, investments, and...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
“Smart” approaches aren’t just for cell phones. It’s time to take some of the qualities of smart technology – capable, cross-cutting and transformative – and apply them to the way we manage one of our...
Date: March 21, 2017
Type: Feature Story
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
They emerge abruptly from the harshly golden Sahara, symbols of ancient culture and protectors of diverse ecosystems. Tunisia’s traditional oases, longtime centers of agricultural production and trade,...
Date: November 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
With the Paris Agreement entering into force last week, negotiators at this year’s UN climate meeting (COP22) in Morocco are getting to work on the specific rules and guidance that will translate Paris...
Date: November 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Did you know that in the last 10 years, Brazil has: cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half (the only major global economy to do so), reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 82%, started several programs...
Date: September 16, 2016
Type: Feature Story
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
Los bosques, además de ser los pulmones del planeta, también son fuente de empleos y sustento para millones de personas. Se estima que en el mundo hay 13,2 millones de personas con un empleo...
Date: August 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
What does the Forest Action Plan mean for the World Bank Group’s engagement on forests? The Forest Action Plan (FAP) confirms and defines our engagement in the forest sector and beyond. Sustainable forestry,...
Date: July 18, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BEIJING, July 5, 2016 – A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s...
Date: July 5, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Just six months after the landmark agreement for climate change was hammered out in Paris, country pioneers and thought leaders of results-based funding for tropical forest conservation met again in the...
Date: June 22, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Costa Rica’s forests are an incredible success story. Following decades of rampant tree clearing for agriculture and livestock production, Costa Rica implemented protective policies in the 1980s that allowed...
Date: May 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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