Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 7/2020

Indispensable forests

Huts of Huaorani people in Ecuador.
REDD+

No panacea

REDD+ money is reinvested in forest protection and sustainable land use

Charcoal bags ready for sale in rural Kenya.
Africa

Environmental destruction

Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries

Distorted ideas of national greatness: Bolsonaro speaking on the occasion of an aircraft delivery to the military in September 2019.
Propaganda

Nothing is true

Why populists depend on systematical disinformation

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Brazilian forest fire in August 2019.
Populist governance

Lying about Brazil’s forests

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro falsely says deforestation is not a problem

View of the Tamarin River in Mauritius.
Our view

Human action

Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways

Wall painting expressing solidarity with Bastar in Kolkata in 2017.
Violent conflict

Livelihoods in danger

A sociologist assess the background of guerrilla warfare in central India’s forests

Natural forests have given way to palm oil plantations.
Deforestation

A legacy of destruction

Suharto era was devastating for Indonesian forests

Orangutans are an endangered species – Borneo’s jungles are their habitat.
Preserving forests

Cutting the losses

Deforestation in Indonesia has slowed considerably in recent years but more needs to be done to stop it entirely

Of the landmass in Mauritius, 17 % is covered by forest.
Nature conservation

Threatened by invasive species

A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius