News

This short article followed the ELTI Conference Restoring Forests for Communities, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services, held in Indonesia on September 12-13, 2011. (Article in Indonesian)

Short article on a recent effort to prepare Panama's indigenous leaders for upcoming UNFCCC talks.

To read the note, download the August 12, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

This article highlights three recent ELTI events on native species reforestation conducted in Asia and the Neotropics.

To read the note, download the June 10, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

In this article Tamara del Moral explains REDD+ in simple terms, and summarizes some of the ideas presented during the 2011 ELTI/PRORENA Conference, REDD+: Technical, Socio-Economic, and Political Dimensions. (Article in Spanish)

This article describes efforts led by ELTI partners and alumni to restore an important watertshed using 'rainforestation'. (Article in English)

This article briefly explains how the PES mechanism could incentivize the reforestation of degraded lands, two of ELTI's key training topics. (Article in Spanish).

This article, published in the Newsletter of the Society for Ecological Restoration, describes the history of Rainforestation and ELTI's ongoing involvement in the collective efforts to scale it up. (Article in English)

This article by Susannah Palk and Denisa Moariu features views by ELTI director Javier Mateo-Vega on Panama's biodiversity. It was published as part of CNN's Global Connections series. (Article in English)

Written by Javier Mateo-Vega, Eva Garen and Cecilia Viana, this article describes the importance of capacity building for payment for ecosystem services (PES) in the context ot the Atlantic forest of Brazil. (Article in English)

This article written by Javier Mateo-Vega, provides an overview of ELTI's work throughout its five years of activities. The article highlights the importance of providing capacity-building on strategies to conserve, restore and/or reduce impacts and threats to tropical forests outside of protected areas.

To read the article, download the fall/winter 2010 (vol16, #1) issue from the link below and go to Page 20. (Article in English)

Brief introduction to ELTI's newest staff members, Saskia Santamaría and Yohany Candanedo.

To read the profiles, download the May 28, 2010 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

Update on the recent silvopastoral systems practicum held in southwestern Panama from March 26-28. Eighteen farmers participated in the Practicum, many of whom were participants in the PRORENA native species reforestation on-farm trials.

To read about the practicum, download the April 30, 2010 issue from the link below and go to Page 2. (Article in English)

Short note about the recent ELTI/PRORENA Conference The Ecology and Ecosystem Services of Native Trees: Implications for Reforestation and Land Restoration in Mesoamerica, held on January 21-22, 2010 at STRI, Panama City.

To read about the conference, download the January 22, 2010 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

Short note about the recent ELTI course Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD, held in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, from October 28-30.

To read about the course, download the November 27, 2009 issue from the link below and go to Page 2. (Article in English)