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Indigenous Group Documents Illegal Logging On Protected Territory
November 12, 2012
Steve Zwick

Brazil’s Paiter-Surui, who created the first-ever indigenous-led REDD project, have documented illegal logging, fishing, and cattle grazing on their territory. The activities were discovered by members of the tribe acting as forest rangers in support of the REDD project. They have presented their findings to law enforcement authorities.

Big Trees, Like the Old-Growth Forests They Inhabit, are Declining Globally
January 27, 2012

 This article was orginally posted on Mongabay.  Click here to see the original.

 

Does Healthcare Cash Grow on Trees?
September 14, 2010
Daniel Kandy and David Diaz

More than a third of US forests are family-owned, and most of those owners want to pass their land on to the next generation. Many, however, fear they'll be forced to sell out if medical expenses get too high. In response, a conservation group and a major insurance company have teamed up to assuage that fear – and preserve the forests – by linking the health of families to the carbon in their forests.

 

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