Stories: The Governance of Forests Initiative

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) is a targeted program within the framework of the Climate Investment Funds that supports developing countries’ efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The FIP Results Framework is a tool to monitor and evaluate the implementation of FIP funds. Following are WRI’s comments suggesting ways to improve the FIP Results Framework.

An update on the role of forests and REDD+ in the international climate negotiations.

Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own resource curse?

To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship a reality?

To be successful, money pledged to protect forests must tackle the underlying drivers of deforestation.

President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress towards protecting the Amazon forest.