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Sappi secures PEFC Group Scheme Certification for small growers

20 Dec 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

ESG & Sustainability

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

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Agriculture

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

ESG & Sustainability

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

ESG & Sustainability

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Belinda Carreira, Issued by SAICA 5 Nov 2021

Reimaging, recreating and restoring our ecosystems - one change at a time

ESG & Sustainability

Reimaging, recreating and restoring our ecosystems - one change at a time

Kate Stubbs 18 Jun 2021

Eco-friendly charcoal production to boost SA's water security

Agriculture

Eco-friendly charcoal production to boost SA's water security

20 Nov 2020

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Roman Hoffmann 4 Nov 2020

Diversifying approaches to conserving nature

Tourism & Travel

Diversifying approaches to conserving nature

Mucha Mkono, Jason I. Ransom, Katarzyna Nowak and Patrick O. Onyango 7 Jan 2020

CIFOR, AFR100 partner to ensure sustainable landscape restoration in Africa

Agriculture

CIFOR, AFR100 partner to ensure sustainable landscape restoration in Africa

28 Mar 2019

UN helps developing nations improve forest monitoring, management

Agriculture

UN helps developing nations improve forest monitoring, management

22 Oct 2018

FAO, UNHCR's forest management tool a guide to restoring deforestation in displaced communities

Agriculture

FAO, UNHCR's forest management tool a guide to restoring deforestation in displaced communities

22 Jun 2018

Agriculture

New practical guidelines to promote more transparent, pro-poor forest concessions

14 May 2018

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Agriculture

Halting deforestation: Striking the right balance between human and planetary needs

22 Feb 2018

Mondelez International cocoa MoU to help protect Ghana's forests

Agriculture

Mondelez International cocoa MoU to help protect Ghana's forests

24 Jan 2018

Forest conservation approaches must recognise the rights of local people

Agriculture

Forest conservation approaches must recognise the rights of local people

Sarobidy Rakotonarivo and Neal Hockley 11 Aug 2017

Ton Rulkens via - Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (2011)

Agriculture

New project to transform forest management in Mozambique

12 Jul 2017

Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out

Olushola Fadairo 28 Apr 2017

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Agriculture

Technology and big data are helping Cameroonians protect their forests

Arend de Haas 24 Apr 2017

Agriculture

Eyes in the sky and on the ground are helping forest conservation in Cameroon

Arend de Haas 17 Mar 2017

Jean Van Jean via

Agriculture

Cocoa industry agrees plan to tackle deforestation

17 Mar 2017

#FreshOffTheShelf: Blood Serpent, Africa's first carbon neutral beer

Retail

#FreshOffTheShelf: Blood Serpent, Africa's first carbon neutral beer

28 Jul 2016

Roads built for logging in the Congo Basin have implications for forest management. Fritz Kleinschroth

ESG & Sustainability

How forests recover rapidly on logging roads in the Congo Basin

John Healey and Fritz Kleinschroth 7 Jun 2016

Dr Andrew Venter, CEO of Wildlands and Peter Cowan, chairman of Unilever South Africa.

Retail

Unilever calls for support in reforestation

10 Dec 2015

Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests

ESG & Sustainability

Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests

Nick Rowley 20 Oct 2015

UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation

Agriculture

UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation

4 Sep 2015

Conservation action is needed to save the DRC’s forests and slow global climate change. Julien Harneis, Creative Commons.

ESG & Sustainability

Africa's forests may be our last chance to slow climate change

Laura Sonter and Gillian Galford 23 Jul 2015

World's forestry sector to gather in Durban

Agriculture

World's forestry sector to gather in Durban

15 Jul 2015

Critical link between resource plunder, illegal wildlife trade

ESG & Sustainability

Critical link between resource plunder, illegal wildlife trade

Ibrahim Thiaw 22 Dec 2014

Land disputes gnaw at Côte d'Ivoire's forests

Agriculture

Land disputes gnaw at Côte d'Ivoire's forests

25 Nov 2013

Greenpop - 3358 trees, 21 days and thousands of seeds sown

GreenBiz

Greenpop - 3358 trees, 21 days and thousands of seeds sown

6 Aug 2013

Agriculture

COP17 climate change progress: cause for optimism

14 Dec 2011

ESG & Sustainability

Agreement on animal farming will boost food security

14 Dec 2011

Fast-track REDD to stem forest degradation, conservationist says

GreenBiz

Fast-track REDD to stem forest degradation, conservationist says

5 Dec 2011

REDD+ gets the thumb down from forest-dependent communities

Agriculture

REDD+ gets the thumb down from forest-dependent communities

2 Dec 2011

Media invited to hear future of forests at Forest Day 5

Marketing & Media

Media invited to hear future of forests at Forest Day 5

23 Nov 2011

ESG & Sustainability

SA to take an "African" position at COP 17

11 Oct 2011

Marketing & Media

Africa could be reducing greenhouse gases

26 Nov 2008