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EXPERT REPORT

Under pressure
Forests are globally important in regulating climate and locally important in sustaining communities and supporting biodiversity. But with unsustainable logging and agriculture and biofuel expansion, forests and the people who depend on them are under increasing pressure.
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> Listen to James Gordon talking about forest restoration

James Gordon
IUCN's Forest Conservation Programme Officer

DID YOU KNOW?
. The forest-products sector accounts for 1% of the world’s gross domestic product.
. 350 million people are dependent on forest resource for subsistence or income.
Source: FAO
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THE WORD
"Forest landscape restoration"
Forest landscape restoration aims to identify, negotiate and put in place practices that optimise the environmental, social and economic benefits of forests and trees.
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SPOTLIGHT ON

IUCN's forest restoration action

Forests_twenty_first_century

In the last few centuries we have removed more than half of the world's forest cover. This video looks at some examples of IUCN's forest restoration action.
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Draw me a tree...

Intu

How visual techniques can help support the lives of indigenous people while securing their cultural identity, traditional knowledge and natural resources.
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ON THE GROUND

Managing Cambodia's mangroves for all

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The Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary protects one of Cambodia’s most important mangrove areas. IUCN is working to restore the sanctuary.
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Baliem Valley’s forests in Indonesia

Baliem_Valley

IUCN Members are working to identify sustainable options for Baliem Valley’s forests and its dependents in Papua, the Indonesian half of New Guinea.
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Action to support 'pro-poor' forests in India

Winrock

In Orissa, India, IUCN Member Winrock International is working with local communities to better manage forests within a wider agricultural landscape.
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PHOTO GALLERY

> Take a look at some beautiful images of forests:
photo gallery

RESOURCES

Publications
Arborvitae
Read the latest issue of IUCN's Forest Conservation Programme newsletter.
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Multi-stakeholder dialogues
What role do stakeholders play in forest governance reform?
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The financial costs of REDD : Evidence from Brazil and Indonesia
The study reviews the financial costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
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Forest Partnerships
Enhancing local livelihoods and protecting the environment
in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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OTHER NEWS

Nature's invading aliens
aliens Invasive Alien Species are one of the top three threats to life on this planet.
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Trondheim conference calls for new biodiversity targets
aliens High level IUCN representatives are among the keynote speakers at the Sixth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity which opens today in Norway.
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Photo credits@ IUCN: Header: Intu Boedhihartono;James Gordon: James Gordon; Photo gallery: Rafael Rojas; Forests for the 21st Century: Imène Meliane; Draw me a Tree: Intu Boedhihartono; Cambodia mangroves: IUCN; Baliem Valley: Intu; Pro-poor forests: J.M.Garg; Nature's inveading aliens: Rare Birds Yearbook/Peter Hodum; Trondheim: Sanjay Molur.