State of the Rainforest 2014

Contents

State of the rainforest 2014

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Preface Findings and main messages Recommendations

Editor: Ellen Hofsvang Cartographer: Riccardo Pravettoni Layout: GRID-Arendal

Part 1 Importance of the rainforest and biodiversity Why forests are critical for development Rainforest biodiversity – treasure under threat

Contributors text: Frances Seymour, Miriam van Heist, Tasso Azevedo, David Hill, Kamilla Berggrav, Riccardo Pravettoni, Marine Gauthier, Siri Gilbert, Maria Guzmán-Gallegos, Bård Lahn, Christian Nellemann, Hanne Jørstad, Johan Knagenhjelm, Vemund Olsen, Lars Løvold, Nils Hermann Ranum, Ellen Hofsvang. Thanks to: Erik Steineger, Svein Erik Stave, Jan Thomas Odegard, Axel Borchgrevink, Lorelou Desjardins, Hanne Brown, Solveig Firing Lunde, Victorine Che Thöner, for review and ideas. Thanks to: Warsi and YMP (Indonesia), CPI (Brazil), ORAU (Peru), Africapacity (DRC) and partner organisations in DRC and PNG for contribution to the report and facilitation of field visits. Photo credits: Bo Mathisen (cover, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 35, 42), Johan Wildhagen (9, 15, 39, 52) Thomas Marent (7, 10, 12) Lars Løvold (18, 45) Jørgen Braastad (23, 75) Arild Hagen (13, 16, 93) Ellen Hofsvang (15, 19, 59–64, 67) David Hill (p 48–49) Riccardo Pravettoni (55, 56) Siri Gilbert (65) Douglas Sheil (66) Johan Knagenhjelm (68–70) Geir Erichsrud (71). Others: RFN and GRID-Arendal.

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What do we get from the rainforest? The rainforest and climate change People in the rainforests Food in the forest

Part 2 Deforestation: Time for policy change State of the world’s rainforest Brazil: Forest hero, but still a deforestation champion Is REDD+ saving the rainforest? Part 3 People who protect forests The Amazon Brazil: Indigenous peoples plan their own future Peru: Watching the gates to isolated tribes Central Africa’s rainforest DR Congo: Forced to leave their land Southeast Asia and Oceania Indonesia: A view from the forest Local perspectives in rainforest research Papua New Guinea: Told the loggers to leave

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© Rainforest Foundation Norway and GRID-Arendal. September, 2014

The report is produced with funding from Norad – The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.

Part 4 Drivers of deforestation

Why are tropical forests disappearing? The path to no-deforestation investments Forest crime

Notes Bibliography Tables

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