Standing with the World's Tropical Forests Photo: Snorre Tønset/NICFIOpenDid you know? Today an area of natural tropical forests the size of a football pitch is cleared every 6 seconds. Why are tropical forests important?Tropical forests are large sources of climate gas emissions, due to deforestation. They could instead be a big part of the climate solution. Read more Why are tropical forests destroyed?Tropical forests have been and are still being converted to other land uses on a large scale worldwide. What drives deforestation is a complex mix of many different actors and underlying causes. Read more Photo: Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR OpenMore about NICFI About us Photo: World Recources InstituteOpen How do we work? Photo: NICFIOpen Partner Countries Without the rainforests there is no sustainable future on the planet.  News Photo: NASAPhoto: NASAOpen New satellite images to allow anyone, anywhere, to monitor tropical deforestation On Wednesday 23 September 2020, Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment entered into a contract worth up to NOK 400 ... Photo: Axel Fassio/CIFOROpen Every minute, the world loses ten soccer pitches of tropical rainforest In 2019 the world lost 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forests, according to a new report. This equals a ... Photo: Snorre TønsetOpen Norway will pay 530 million NOK for reduced deforestation in Indonesia After 10 years of hard work, deforestation in Indonesia is going down. Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia ... Read all news