"This issue of arborvitae focuses on forest finance, a topic that some in the conservation community might still view with suspicion. Isn't it all about funding commercial forestry operations? What has it got to do with conserving biodiversity or supporting community forestry? The answer is everything - for as Jan McAlpine, Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests, points out, forest funding arrangements urgently need a 360-degree perspective." Stewart Maginnis, Head of IUCN's Forest Conservation Programme
 

In this issue:

• Livelihoods and landscapes : a review of PES
• Do public goods always have to remain public?
• REDD: We cannot wait to act on REDD-plus.
• Investing in local forests
• The economics of FLR
• Sustainable forest investment toolkit

Arborvitae covers the most important issues currently affecting how forest resources are used and governed. Each edition showcases one of these issues with a diversity of opinion pieces and lessons from practitioners. Authors include some of the most influential thinkers in global forestry.

Photo credits: Header ©-FAO-Roberto-Faidutti; article © Agni Boedhihartono / IUCN