El presente documento "Plan General de Manejo de la Chunga" fue elaborado con el objetivo de fomentar el uso y aprovechamiento ordenado de esta especie no maderable propio de los bosques del Darién.

This innovative resource will identify key environmental and social principles and criteria that need to be considered in all investment decisions pertaining to the forest sector, such as timber, pulp and paper, and other sectors...

The Guide to Conservation Finance provides an overview of conservation financing mechanisms that have been implemented throughout the world. The guide informs field practitioners about which of the available financing mechanisms...

The Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool (PA-BAT) is designed to fill an important gap in the toolbox of protected area agencies and conservation institutions, by providing a methodology to collate and build information about...

How can banks and investors reduce their risks in the palm oil sector?

How can financial institutions encourage sustainable palm oil production?

These two questions are the starting point for The Palm Oil Financing Handbook,...

GOOD WOOD AND FOREST CONSERVATION

Many will find it strange that WWF, the global conservation organization, would promote timber and logging -- particularly in tropical forests. But the fact is that WWF does support forest...

Between 2000 and 2006, the area harvested for soy and palm oilglobally increased by almost 22 million hectares?an area twice thesize of Cuba. Today this expansion continues unabated, and in manyplaces is occurring at the expense...

This discussion paper is intended to provide an overview to potential policy approaches and positive

incentives for REDD in the post-2012 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In particular, the paper...