Posts Tagged: forest

‘Even doubling our current rate of decarbonisation, would still lead to emissions consistent with 6 degrees of warming by the end of the century’.  PwC. ‘The world has failed to meet its target to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss’.  Convention on Biological Diversity. Optimisation is clearly failing.  We need to [...]

For the past few days I’ve been in Puerto Maldonado in the Madre de Dios region of south-eastern Peru – known by many as the gateway to the Amazon. And described by Lonely Planet as “the least riveting tourist city in Peru”. I, personally, have felt quite riveted being here. Puerto Maldonado is basically a [...]

If I was to held up two pieces of wood in front of you, could you tell me which one came from a responsibly managed forest, and which was logged illegally? Of course you couldn’t – and neither could I for that matter! That’s the problem many people – and indeed local authorities – face [...]

Our campaigning has got local governments to make a real difference for forests around the world through their buying choices. In 2010 we launched our What Wood You Choose? campaign with WWF-Germany. The aim was to raise awareness of the economic, social, and environmental consequences of buying illegal and unsustainable timber and wood. We highlighted [...]

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 [...]

One of my WWF colleagues has just come back from an amazing trip to the Amazon rainforest, and her story’s well worth a read. Sarah Hutchison is WWF-UK’s forest programme manager for Brazil and she’s just been in the state of Acre, where we’re supporting the development of a sustainable rainforest economy together with Sky. [...]

Last Friday evening I sat and sulked like a kid who’s dropped the summer’s first ice cream in the sand. Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, had announced only a partial veto of the worrying new forest bill we’ve been campaigning against. My immediate reaction was one of defeat – to me, anything other than a full [...]