Latest News from the Naturefund Forest Network
25 January 2011, Naturefund Press Release
The Naturefund Forest Network rescues forest in Madagascar
The Naturefund Forest Network has announced that support for forest conservation projects in South West Madagascar will continue in 2011. Naturefund considers the project work done in 2010 to have been very ... more
11 January 2011, Martina Petru, Ho Avy, Madagaskar
Madagaskar, December 2010
This year’s wet season has started with ample amount of rain already in early December followed by a heavy storm system moving in now - early January. When the rain begins to fall The spiny forest has ... more
11 October 2010, Naturefund
Report from Madagascar
In October 2009, Naturefund began a co-operation with Ho Avy, in order to conserve a unique Spiny Thicket forest through a reforestation project in South West Madagascar. Learn more about the current report ... more
22 April 2010, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Copenhagen Accord misses 2°C climate target
The current national emissions-reduction pledges accompanying the Copenhagen Accord will not limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. In fact, they imply a global mean temperature increase of more than 3°C ... more
25 March 2010, KEEP
Tree enrichment initiative in Kenya
Naturefund started with the local nature conservation organisation KEEP a tree enrichment initiative around Kakamega Tropical Rain Forest. The report for the first phase January to March 2010 ... more
15 March 2010, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Technological options are critical for economic viability of 2°C climate target
Tapping renewable energy sources, capturing and storing of industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and improving energy efficiency are pivotal for holding ... more
22 February 2010, Ho Avy
First report on the reforestation project in Madagascar
Together with Ho Avy, New Latitute and FIMPAHARA, Naturefund has begun a reforestation project in southwest Madagascar. In October 2009 the first tree nursery ... more
08 February 2010, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
New book rises to the global sustainability challenge
In the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference, which ended without a clear mandate for global climate protection, the new book Global Sustainability - A Nobel Cause, published by Cambridge University Press, ... more
15 January 2010, Ho Avy
Growing for the future - reforestation in Madagascar
The Ho Avy project, based in southwest Madagascar, focuses on safeguarding biodiversity and people’s livelihoods for a sustainable future. 'Ho Avy' means 'future' in the Malagasy language ... more