Blog: What can the EU do to curb corruption in the forest sector? Corruption. It has blighted countries in every continent for generations, and is identified as a main reason why illegal logging…
Blue Carbon and the New Scramble for Africa’s Forests Blue Carbon LLC, a private company based in Dubai, is finalising deals with at least six African countries to acquire huge swathes of their…
Bold and eloquent: Pope Francis’ call to action Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ is a beautifully written 86-page, wide-ranging call to action to save our ‘common home,’ planet…
Bolsonaro under scrutiny in The Hague for crimes against humanity, genocide and possibly ecocide Jair Bolsonaro is finally facing global opposition to the destruction he has wrought, so why is the EU…
Bonn kick-starts the New York Declaration on Forests At the COP23 in Bonn – three years after the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) was passed – the UN Development Programme (UNDP)…
Bonn talks point to the need to accelerate climate action Governments met for climate talks in the German city of Bonn from 8 - 18 June 2017,aiming to make progress on the detailed rules for…
Brazil elects its Congress – but the hard fight still lies ahead Bolsonaro fared better in Congressional elections than expected. Whatever happens now, Brazilians will need to fight to protect their…