Publications
Our annual reports and other publications.
Reports
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Saving the rainforest 2.0
Possible new directions and ideas for rainforest protection, in particular Norway’s role in facilitating change towards a world that values & protects forests.
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Driving deforestation: The impact of expanding palm oil demand through biofuel policy (INDONESIAN VERSION)
The global impact on palm oil demand of existing and proposed biofuel policies in key markets around the world. If the world’s major biofuel consumers meet their current targets, they will generate unprecedented demand for palm oil, devastating Southeast Asia’s rainforests in the process and causing massive greenhouse gas emissions.
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Investments in soy destruction
Norwegian savings and pensions are contributing to one of the worst environmental crises of our time: the extensive destruction of native ecosystems.
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For peat’s sake (Indonesian version)
Memahami dampak konsumsi biodiesel minyak sawit terhadap iklim
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Palm oil sustainability assessment of Salim-related companies in Borneo peat forest
Exposes the destruction of nearly 10,000 hectares of Borneo’s forests by palm oil companies associated with one of PepsiCo’s prominent business partners, a company called the Salim Group. The destruction has continued in defiance of Indonesian laws and as a result of a loophole in PepsiCo’s palm oil policy that allows its joint venture partner to destroy rainforests without consequence.
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From Brazilian farms to Norwegian tables: A report about soya in Norwegian salmon feed
In this report we examine the use of soybeans in the Norwegian salmon industry. The report shows how the soybean industry in South America expands at the expense of rainforest and other vulnerable forest areas, leading to major environmental and health problems.
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Driving deforestation: The impact of expanding palm oil demand through biofuel policy
The report ‘Driving deforestation’ considers the global impact on palm oil demand of existing and proposed biofuel policies in key markets around the world. It shows that if the world’s major biofuel consumers meet their current targets, they will generate unprecedented demand for palm oil, devastating Southeast Asia’s rainforests in the process and causing massive greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sustainable rainforest management: Local initiatives meet supporting policies in Acre, Brazil
This report shows how local communities and the state government of the Brazilian state of Acre have worked together since the 1990s to find workable forest management strategies which both safeguard the rainforest’s ecosystem services and secure forest peoples’ rights and livelihoods.
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3D mapping: A planning and management tool for the Itombwe nature reserve
This handbook documents how Rainforest Foundation Norway and its partner Africapacity conducted a pilot exercise on participatory 3-D mapping with local and indigenous communities living in and near the Itombwe natural reserve in the eastern part of DRC.
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For peat’s sake
Understanding the climate implications of palm oil biodiesel consumption.
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Nordic investments in banks financing Indonesian palm oil - Executive summary
A new report from Rainforest Foundation Norway and the Fair Finance Guide tracks Nordic investments to Asian banks that support rapacious palm oil producers with financing that impedes push for sustainability.
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Nordic investments in banks financing Indonesian palm oil
A new report from Rainforest Foundation Norway and the Fair Finance Guide tracks Nordic investments to Asian banks that support rapacious palm oil producers with financing that impedes push for sustainability.
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Investasi Nordik di bank-bank yang membiayai minyak sawit Indonesia - Ringkasan eksekutif
Sebuah laporan baru dari Rainforest Foundation Norway dan Fair Finance Guide menemukan kaitan antara investasi dari sejumlah negara Nordic di beberapa bank di Asia yang mendukung produsen minyak sawit yang haus keuntungan materi lewat pembiayaan yang menghambat dorongan untuk sustainability.
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Investasi Nordik di bank-bank yang membiayai minyak sawit Indonesia
Sebuah laporan baru dari Rainforest Foundation Norway dan Fair Finance Guide menemukan kaitan antara investasi dari sejumlah negara Nordic di beberapa bank di Asia yang mendukung produsen minyak sawit yang haus keuntungan materi lewat pembiayaan yang menghambat dorongan untuk sustainability.
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Climate Action in the Land Sector: Treading carefully
The Climate, Land, Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA) closely follows United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in the areas of agriculture, forest and land issues. CLARA members have developed a joint position on how these issues should be addressed in the UNFCCC, so as to promote ambitious and positive climate action in the land sector.
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Going Negative – How Carbon Sinks could Cost the Earth
A primer to help climate negotiators and influencers. The Paris Agreement calls for “a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century.” This inevitably puts the use of land-based sinks such as forests, halting deforestation and increased sequestration of carbon in trees, at the heart for stemming global warming. But it also raises some serious concerns, encouraging the world to over rely on the growth of sinks instead of deeply cutting emissions. "Negative emissions" interventions put pressure on land and could also compromise biodiversity, food security, human rights and indigenous peoples rights.
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An update on Astra Agro Lestari's sustainability policy implementation
This report contains the findings of an investigation of Astra Agro Lestari, one year after the company announced its forest conservation policy.
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Rainforest technology
An introduction to using new and evolving technology to support advocacy on rainforest protection, land rights and indigenous rights.
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A quick-start guide to improving companies’ behaviour in rainforests by influencing investors
This guide introduces how socially responsible investors find and use information about rainforests, explains how investors can influence what companies do and suggests ways for civil society organisations to reach more investors, financial analysts and information providers.
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The risks of relying on tomorrow’s “negative emissions” to guide today’s mitigation ambition
This paper from the Stockholm Environment Institute focuses on the risks associated with “negative emission” techniques for drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and storing it in land-based sinks or underground. It examines what these risks may imply for near-term actions to limit warming to 1.5°C or 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
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What role should land and forests play in the Paris agreement?
The role forests and their guardians play in mitigating climate change is a crucial element of a new global agreement, set to be decided at COP 21 in Paris. In this policy brief we present our recommendations.
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Indonesia’s Evolving Governance Framework for Palm Oil: Implications for a No Deforestation , No Peat Palm Oil Sector
This comprehensive study maps multiple aspects of palm oil governance in Indonesia and identifies the opportunities and challenges within governmental frameworks for sustainable palm oil.
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Perkembangan Kerangka Tata Kelola Kelapa Sawit di Indonesia: Implikasi untuk Sektor Kelapa Sawit yang Bebas Deforestasi dan Bebas Gambut
Laporan ini menganalisa berbagai perangkat tata kelola kelapa sawit di Indonesia dan dampaknya terhadap komitmen bebas deforestasi dan bebas gambut.
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The Land Sector in a new International Climate Agreement
In Paris, December 2015, will the world’s countries agree on a framework for a new international agreement that will run post 2020. This agreement will be for all the countries and affect local, national and international climate policies in the future. Countries will agree on a long-term goal and the principles regarding the land use sector will play an important role. Here are Friends of the Earth Norway and the Rainforest Foundation Norway’s input for guiding principles for the Paris agreement.
