The Ford Foundation has announced a five-year, $85 million initiative that will make rural and indigenous people a stronger part of the world's response to climate change, saying that engaging these populations is essential to reducing poverty and building long-term climate solutions.
In an opinion piece on BBC's Green Room, Tensie Whelan, president of the Rainforest Alliance, argues that smallholder farmers in the forest margins possess the skills and knowledge to protect the forests while farming productively.
Scientists working for the United Nations programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (UN-REDD) share insights on the many ways forests provide benefits to society, beyond carbon.
