Tropical Forest Update
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Issue 23 No 1
Paying our dues
The time has come, however, for the world to start paying for these environmental services-or face the consequences of losing them. An underlying cause of tropical forest loss is that agriculture out-competes forest as a land use, and, as a result, tropical forests continue to be cleared or degraded. On the other hand, demand for tropical forest environmental services is increasing: expanding cities need more drinkable water, biodiversity is increasingly seen as an essential resource for ecotourism, science and agriculture, and climate change due to rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases looms as a global calamity, which can partly be mitigated by maintaining healthy tropical forests.
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Contents
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Opening ceremony
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Session 1: PES for sustainable forest management
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Session 2: Developing innovative financing mechanisms
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Session 3: Ensuring benefits for local communities
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Session 4: Establishing robust governance and institutional arrangements
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Key messages, summary and recommendations
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The ITTO Tropical Forest Update is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish.
The French and Spanish editions are usually posted about one month after the English.
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Issue 33 No. 1
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Issue 32 No. 1
Many issues, one solution: tropical forests
The latest Tropical Forest Update reports on how, at key UN conferences in 2022, ITTO emphasized the crucial role of ...
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