The Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Poverty chaired by Daniel C. Miller prepared a scientific synthesis report and accompanying policy brief launched online on 15 October 2020, in the run-up to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. A total of 21 Panel members from 10 countries and an additional 33 experts contributed to and-or reviewed this major assessment of available scientific information about the interactions between forests and poverty.

Media coverage selection

English:

Thomson Reuters Foundation (UK)
Forests overlooked as allies in global poverty fight, scientists say
https://www.reuters.com/article/global-nature-poverty-forests/forests-overlooked-as-allies-in-global-poverty-fight-scientists-say-idINL8N2H64W3

BBC Newsday (UK)
Forests are ‘key feature’ of food security landscape
RELEVANT RADIO EXCERPT STARTS AT 00.35.45
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2wgps6k407

Interpress Service (Italy)
Why We Need Trees to End to Poverty – Landmark Report
http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/10/need-trees-end-poverty-landmark-report/

Xinhua (China)
Forests key to eradicate rural poverty, boost climate resilience: report
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/15/c_139442882.htm

The Guardian (Nigeria)
Tackling hunger, rural poverty through forests
https://guardian.ng/features/agro-care/tackling-hunger-rural-poverty-through-forests/

ENCA (South Africa)
The number of hungry people worldwide will reach 840 million
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-K7hc4Cko&feature=youtu.be

The Nation (Kenya)
How forests can help keep millions out of poverty
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/explainers/how-forests-can-help-keep-millions-out-of-poverty-2484640

Down to Earth (India)
Alleviating poverty: Forests, trees can be trump card post COVID-19, says report
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/alleviating-poverty-forests-trees-can-be-trump-card-post-covid-19-says-report-73849

Fair Planet (Germany)
The Nexus Between Forests And Poverty
https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/the-nexus-between-forests-and-poverty/

IISD Reporting Services
Launch of the Global Assessment Report on "Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations"
https://enb.iisd.org/forestry/iufro-gfep/html/enbplus148num10e.html

EurekAlert
New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty (press release pickup)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/b-nsf101520.php

Caribbean News Service
New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty (press release pickup)
https://caribbeannewsservice.com/new-study-forests-are-still-underrated-as-allies-to-curb-rural-poverty/

SEAS Michigan (USA)
New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty (press release pickup)
https://seas.umich.edu/news/new-study-forests-are-still-underrated-allies-curb-rural-poverty

The New York Press News Agency (Poland and Eastern Europe)
Why We Need Trees to End to Poverty
https://www.muhabarishaji.com/2020/10/why-we-need-trees-to-end-to-poverty-landmark-report/


French:

Le Monde (France)
Les forêts seraient des alliées pour réduire la pauvreté
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/10/16/les-forets-seraient-des-alliees-pour-reduire-la-pauvrete_6056338_3244.html


German:

APA News (Austria)
Forscher: Gerechtere Waldnutzung kann zur Armutsbekämpfung beitragen
https://science.apa.at/site/politik_und_wirtschaft/detail?key=SCI_20201016_SCI39351351657000070

ORF (Austria)
Wie man mit Wald Armut bekämpft
https://science.orf.at/stories/3202333/

ORF (Austria)
AUDIO: Wald, Teststrategie, Raumsonde
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20201015/607541/Wald-Teststrategie-Raumsonde

Global Magazin (Germany)
Wälder können Armut lindern helfen 
https://globalmagazin.com/waelder-koennen-armut-lindern-helfen/

Forst Praxis
Die Rolle des Waldes in der Armutsbekämpfung
https://www.forstpraxis.de/die-rolle-des-waldes-in-der-armutsbekaempfung/

Eco-world.de
Immer noch unterschätzt: Die Rolle des Waldes in der Armutsbekämpfung
http://www.eco-world.de/scripts/basics/econews/basics.prg?session=42f9412f5f8f557d_352964&a_no=38445&main=drucken


Russian:

Tehno News (Russia)
Новоеисследование: лесапо-прежнемунедооцениваютсякаксоюзникивборьбесбедностьювсельскихрайонах
https://tehnonews.ru/planeta-zemlja/228-novoe-issledovanie-lesa-po-prezhnemu-nedoocenivajutsja-kak-sojuzniki-v-borbe-s-bednostju-v-selskih-rajonah.html


Spanish:

El Tiempo (Colombia)
Estudio analiza cómo los bosques ayudan a combatir la pobreza rural
https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/medio-ambiente/los-bosques-ayudan-a-combatir-la-pobreza-rural-dice-nuevo-estudio-543427

El Espectador (Colombia)
El aporte indígena a la economía es conservar los bosques
https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/medio-ambiente/el-aporte-indigena-a-la-economia-es-conservar-los-bosques/

Radio Nacional Colombia (Colombia)
Entrevista con Monica Gabay, una autora principal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kipf4WwQIRcaKyTPDLwH3MaMcROw00H-/view?usp=sharing