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The World Bank Is Financing $30 Million for the Management of Classified Forests in Benin
The World Bank is providing new financing to strengthen sustainable forest management in Benin.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: These Startups Are Helping Women While Reforesting Africa
Rural communities and especially women are crucial to the reforestation movement.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Lumin to Invest $136 Million in New Plywood Mill in Uruguay, Expanding Production Capacity to Nearly 500,000 m3
Lumin, a leading timberland and forest products company, will invest ~US$ 136 million to build its third industrial plant in Uruguay.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- forests, impact investing
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Press Release: World Bank and Ethiopia Sign $40 Million Agreement to Cut Carbon Emissions Through Sustainable Landscape Management
Ethiopia has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL).
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Here’s How 16 Social Innovators Are Leading Change at Davos
The Schwab Foundation’s Social Innovators of the Year 2023 includes a list of outstanding founders, business leaders, and government reformers.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Asian Demand for Timber to Intensify Pressure on Central Africa’s Forests
Stricter European controls to ensure the legality of wood has diverted export to Asian countries.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, forests
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OFID Funds $36.5 Million to Accelerate Access to Clean Cooking in Madagascar
The Opec Fund for International Development is providing Madagascar with $36.5 million in loans and grants to accelerate access to clean cooking.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- clean cooking, energy access, forests, SDGs
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Analysis: How a Climate-Smart Forest Economy Could Help Mitigate Climate Change and Its Worst Impacts
A few areas worldwide are already building climate-smart forest economies with the help of the Climate Smart Forest Economy Program (CSFEP) and other stakeholders.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, forests, housing
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