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Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
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.
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