Posts Tagged: forest management

I was recently in Acre in the Brazilian Amazon on a 7-day image-gathering trip. Out there, I caught up with some of the great work being done on the ground there by our Sky Rainforest Rescue partnership and farmer certification scheme. And I survived the whole trip with only a toothbrush. Day 1 – CSI [...]

I am sure by now you will have enjoyed watching the documentary from Kwale which shares lessons learned and our experiences of delivering conservation and livelihood improvement. With continued support from you, I am certain we will attain greater milestones. Kwale has been very busy during the months of May and June. This is because [...]

Today is Global Tiger Day – an annual celebration first declared back in 2010 by the governments of all 13 countries where tigers are still found in the wild. The day that the event was announced was an amazing landmark for tiger conservation. I remember it well… It was in sub-zero temperatures and snow blizzards [...]

Hello, sorry I haven’t updated you lately – things have been very busy here in Kwale! So just a quick update this month. I thought you’d like to see a short video about the beautiful wildlife and forests we have here and the work we are doing to help protect it: I’m in the video [...]

Some people are surprised that local authorities are such big consumers of forest products – namely timber and paper. It’s actually estimated that the public sector is responsible for around 20% of all timber purchased in the UK. Would you expect your council to be sourcing all its products responsibly – so they know they’re [...]

Good news is a bit thin on the ground here at the Rio+20 talks, what with negotiators dragging their heels and very non-committal language in the text. But one positive story seems to stand out from the crowd… A key talking point here is how to move towards a green economy – finding ways to [...]