Rainforest aid

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Indonesia impatient with Norway’s delayed forest carbon payment

In February 2019, Norway announced a milestone in its climate forest cooperation with Indonesia: reduced deforestation had finally triggered the first result payment. But the money has not yet been disbursed....

News June 18, 2021

Per Fredrik Pharo: ‘Misleading’ on Guyana

Guyana and Norway have collaborated to promote green development in Guyana while keeping deforestation...

Opinion June 16, 2021

Alliance with US breathes life into Norway’s forest deal in Peru

Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom have signed onto a forest protection plan for Peru which updates...

News June 10, 2021

Conditionality & politics. NOK 1 billion in forest aid to Guyana still locked in two Washington bank accounts

The Norway-Guyana climate forest partnership has reached a dismal anniversary: ten years have passed...

News June 04, 2021

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No result-based climate payments by Norway to tropical forest countries in 2020

For the first time in 12 years, the multi-billion-dollar Norwegian rainforest initiative made no payments...

News March 05, 2021

Norway to pay Indonesia NOK 530m for reduced forest carbon emissions

Norway has announced its first result-based payment to Indonesia for reducing deforestation, part of...

News July 10, 2020

Boosts carbon price to 10 dollars per tonne in Colombia climate forest deal

Norway continues to push ahead with REDD+, offering to pay Colombia NOK 2 billion for reduced deforestation...

News December 20, 2019

Norway rewards Guyana, despite increased deforestation driven by gold mining

The Norwegian Climate Ministry has based its final forest payment to Guyana on a Rube Goldberg-type formula...

News October 25, 2019

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Norwegian aid-financed study aims to re-define global narrative on food and land use

An initiative financed by the Norwegian government – the Food and Land Use Coalition – aims to bring...

News September 26, 2019

NOK 3 billion in unspent climate forest aid stranded at Brazilian bank

Since Brazil closed the steering committee of the Amazon Fund, which was set up to channel Norwegian...

News August 27, 2019

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