News

This article highlights ELTI alum Rene Vendiola, winner of the 5th Triennial Award of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc (RAFI), for his work in Rainforestation. (Article in English)

Governor Recommends Having Authority to Give Sanctions. (Article in Indonesian)

Gubernur Diusulkan Punya Kewenangan Beri Sanksi.

This article describes the benefits of silvopastoral systems for productive landscapes, as observed by Brazilian researchers during an ELTI course conducted in Colombia in 2011. (Article available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese)

The Rain Forest Restoration Initiative (RFRI) is a network of organizations and individuals from the academe, non-profit and private sector engaged in environmental conservation advocacy, policy influencing, training & capacity building, project implementation, and research & development. ELTI is an active member of RFRI, helping advance native species reforestation (Rainforestation) through trainings and capacity building programs. (Article in English)

This article describes STRI's and ELTI's involvement in the intersessional meeting in Panama. (Article in English)

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)

This article describes the recent meeting of the Consultative Council on Conflict Resolution and REDD+ in Panama.

To read the note, download the July 1, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

Brief note about a recent workshop that makes part of STRI's Packard Project.

To read the note, download the May 13, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 2. (Article in English)

This article describes the two-day conference organized by ELTI and PRORENA on the topic of REDD+ and its multiple dimensions, an issue of great relevance to Panama and the region.

To read the note, download the April 15, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 2. (Article in English).

This Eurekalert press release announces ELTI's 2011 annual conference on REDD+, which will take place in the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City, on April 7-8. (Article in English)

This short note describes the five-day training on a local form of forest restoration known as "Rainforestation", which was organized by the ELTI Asia office in collaboration with Visayas State University in Leyte, Central Philippines.

To read the note, download the February 18, 2011 issue from the link below and go to Page 3. (Article in English)

This short note describes the work ELTI's Leadership Program is doing with cattle farmers in Panama's Azuero Peninsula.

To read the note, download the October 22, 2010 issue from the link below and go to Page 4. (Article in English)

Short article about the PES Workshop held in Honduras in August 2010, and the REDD Workshop for indigenous leaders held in Panama.

To read about the workshop, download the September 3, 2010 issue from the link below and go to Page 2. (Article in English)

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

To read the article, download the fall/winter 2010 (vol16, #1) issue from the link below and go to Page 28. (Article in English)