ELTI in Forest Day 6

Forest Day is a global forest event held annually on the sidelines of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties meetings and hosted by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests under the leadership of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). It brings together forestry experts and

Successful Conclusion of APASPE's First Project

APASPE, the Association of Agrosilvopastoral Producers of Pedasí, recently concluded the implementation of a 1-year project in the town of Los Asientos, province of Los Santos, Panama.
With support from ELTI's Leadership Program, funding from the Small Grants Program, and

Resource Extraction and Infrastructure Development in Tropical Forests

Despite covering only 7% of the Earth’s emergent land surface, tropical forests are believed to house up to half of the Earth’s biodiversity and to support the livelihoods of 1.4 billion people. These ecosystems, however, continue to be lost at an alarming rate driven by conventional land

Visit to Más Bosques para Medellín Project

During a recent trip to Colombia, ELTI alumn Jaddy Toro guided ELTI staff on visit to the Más Bosques para Medellín project. As we visited different sites, she explained how she is now applying concepts learned in the ELTI-CIPAV course to improve plantation designs, favor

Inventory of Native Trees in Caquetá, Colombia

ELTI leaders, Oscar Tafur and Edwin Hurtado, recently launched their project to conduct a floristic inventory of native trees in Caquetá, Colombia, located at the transition between the Andean foothills and the Amazon region. Over the next 10 months they will focus on identifying native

ELTI supports conference on Landscape-Scale Restoration

On January 26-28, the Yale Student Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters held their 18th annual conference at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in New Haven, Connecticut. The conference, titled Strategies for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the

Sustainability Strategies for Connectivity Corridors

Cattle-ranching is not only an economic activity, but a way of life. Most traditional cattle-ranchers will balk at the idea of growing trees or shrubs on their pastures and taking space away from planting improved varieties of grass. This tends to be a “cultural norm” of the industry, and the

Latest workshop for APASPE members in Los Asientos, Panama

Since June 2010, the Asociación de Productores Pecuarios y Agrosilvopastoriles de Pedasí (APASPE) has been implementing a small silvopastoral and reforestation project in Panama's Azuero Pensinsula. The project is funded through GEF's Small Grants Programme (SGP), and has

ELTI takes part in the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference – Panama

On October 1-7, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its inter-sessional meeting in Panama as a precursor to the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17), scheduled to take place in December in Durban, South Africa. More than 3000 country delegates

First Meeting of the Conflict Resolution and REDD+ Council – June 22

The mechanism known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has generated optimism among those dedicated to climate change mitigation, forest conservation and rural poverty alleviation. However, REDD+ has also ignited heated debates and outright

REDD+ Workshop in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama - August 2011

More than half of Panama’s remaining mature forests are located within indigenous territories, both formally recognized and under claim. These forests, along with secondary-growth forests, contribute to mitigating climate change by sequestering heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2). As

First Workshop on Connectivity Corridors in Cattle Ranching Landscapes in Colombia – May 2011

Traditional cattle ranching is one of the primary drivers of forest and biodiversity loss in the tropics. In Latin America alone, there are more than 500 million hectares of degraded lands as a result of poor agricultural and cattle-ranching practices, which are also major sources of

Workshop on REDD+ and Conflict Resolution Techniques – May 2011

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is a climate change mitigation mechanism through which industrialized countries will financially compensate developing countries for avoiding forest loss in order to partially offset their own carbon