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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New NICFI website launched

Welcome to the new website for NICFI – Norway’s Climate and Forest Initiative. On these pages, you will find information ...

Colombia, Germany, Norway and the UK step up efforts to stop the destruction of forests in Colombia

News story | Date: 11/12/2019 Colombia is committing to ambitious goals to reduce deforestation and to launch large-scale programmes in ...

Ecuador continues to cut deforestation – rewarded with USD 18 million payment from Germany and Norway

News story | Date: 13/12/2019 Ecuador has significantly reduced the loss of its natural forests in the last years. The ...

Gabon: First in Africa to receive payments for preserved rainforests

New York, 22 September 2019 The country, whose forest covers close to 90 percent of its territory, receives breakthrough funding ...

Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering first carbon payment from Norway

News story | Date: 16/02/2019 Indonesia confirms that carbon emissions from deforestation declined in 2017. When the emission figures are ...

Norway steps up the fight against illegal deforestation with UN and INTERPOL

News story | Date: 27/06/2018 Organized criminals make 50-152 billion USD a year illegally cutting down invaluable tropical forests and their ...

Ethiopia Norway sign forest protection agreement

News story | Date: 16/08/2017 The Governments of Norway and Ethiopia have taken an important step towards supporting Ethiopia’s climate friendly ...

Liberia and Norway launch Climate and Forest Partnership

Press release | Date: 23/09/2014 Liberia and Norway today entered into a partnership to improve forest governance, strengthen law enforcement, and support ...