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ACTO Foreign Ministers approve the Paramaribo Declaration and reinforce their commitment to the Amazon
The Foreign Affairs Ministers and high-level representatives of the States Parties of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) approved in February the Paramaribo Declaration, a key document reaffirming the commitment of Amazonian...

EU Forest Action in BRAZIL 🇧🇷
🔎 Find here the latest news about EU and Brazil Forest Action The EU supports partner countries to preserve their forests and to contribute to sustainable, inclusive economies and societies. Find here some examples of EU Forest...

SAFE – Reducing deforestation and forest degradation through sustainable agricultural value chains and improved forest governance : Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Zambia
SAFE – Reducing deforestation and forest degradation through sustainable agricultural value chains and improved forest governance : Brazil 🇧🇷, Ecuador 🇪🇨, Indonesia 🇮🇩, and Zambia 🇿🇲 The Sustainable Agriculture for Forest...

The Amazon region in 2022 and 2023: deforestation, forest degradation and the risk of growing soy production
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been nearly halved in 2023 as compared to 2022, while forest disturbance differs for other countries of the region, according to a JRC Science for Policy report on "Deforestation and...

Informal urbanisation and the rise of slums
Rapid urbanisation – experienced by most EU partner countries – is one of the defining mega-trends of the 21st century. By 2050, the urban population is projected to increase by two billion people, mainly in Africa and Asia. This...

Common ground: securing land rights and safeguarding the earth
This report, also available in French and Spanish, published on 2 March 2016 by Oxfam, launches a Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights , backed by more than 300 organizations all over the world. It is a...

Creating a New Menu for Food Security Policy
This IIED Briefing, published in December 2015, argues that the nature of food consumption and production is changing. In the past, rural areas produced food primarily for cities. Urban residents often consumed more than they...

The Light House of Hill : To Flourish Properly, Needs People Participation and Asset Based Development
Very nice shiny morning. The hills show their natural beauty. Suddenly clouds have come and surrounded the whole area. After ten minutes, clouds have gone and everything gets clearly visible. It seems that the hilly area...

Team meets to review EU forestry project in South America
(Traducción al español más abajo / Spanish translation below) Quito, Ecuador, July 2013 – Delegates from WWF Colombia and TRAFFIC are meeting this week from Monday until Wednesday to review the progress made in an EU-funded...