Writing

Publications and articles

I write and speak about where forests, nature and carbon markets are heading, for the people who buy, fund and govern them. Alongside the selection of my publications below, I post shorter pieces on LinkedIn, and I am a member of Science for High Integrity Frameworks to Transform Carbon Markets (SHIFT-CM).

2026
Mapping the future of carbon durability: from scientific progress to global policy
Susan Cook-Patton, Carl Kish and Danae Maniatis · Nature4Climate
2026
The carbon portfolio is a balancing act
Michael Denner and Danae Maniatis · Ecosystem Marketplace
2026
Global, regional, and national economic drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin
Maniatis, Nuesiri, Palla and Perrings · in Resilience and Sustainability in the Congo Basin, the assessment report of the Science Panel for the Congo Basin, Springer
2026
Opportunities and potential for sustainable development in the Congo Basin from an environmental sustainability perspective
Maniatis and Jeffery · in Resilience and Sustainability in the Congo Basin, the assessment report of the Science Panel for the Congo Basin, Springer
2025
Pioneering sustainable land management: prioritizing advanced technologies for hyper-arid regions
Arthur D. Little report, Bou Harb, Ghanem, Moreno, Takchi, Vatsa and Maniatis
2024
Pioneering a sustainable future for hyper-arid regions: advanced technology options for greening GCC nations
Bou Harb, Takchi, Moreno, Vatsa and Maniatis · Arthur D. Little Viewpoint
2022
Nature-based Solutions finance for NDCs
Danae Maniatis, with inputs from Celina Yong, Rohini Kohli, Joan Manda, Kimberly Todd, Yu Chongguang, Krib Sitathani and Laura Hammett · UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
2020
Ecosystem restoration as an immunization for humanitarian crisis: the case of Lake Chad
Castro-Salazar, Sacande, Maniatis and Mollicone · Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
2019
Toward REDD+ implementation
Maniatis, Scriven, Jonckheere, Laughlin and Todd · Annual Review of Environment and Resources 44: 373-398
2019
REDD+: an opportunity to be seized
Danae Maniatis · World Energy (WE) magazine no. 45, The power of trees, Eni, December 2019
2017
The extent of forest in dryland biomes
Bastin et al. · Science 356(6338): 635-638
2013
Financing and current capacity for REDD+ readiness and monitoring, measurement, reporting and verification in the Congo Basin
Maniatis, Gaugris, Mollicone, Scriven, Corblin, Ndikumagenge, Aquino, Crete and Sanz-Sanchez · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 20120310
2012
Radar backscatter is not a 'direct measure' of forest biomass
Woodhouse, Mitchard, Brolly, Maniatis and Ryan · Nature Climate Change 2: 556-557

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Talks

Recorded

2020
Lessons learnt from REDD+ for NBS and NDCs
Seminar with Kimberly Todd, University of Oxford · Oxford Nature Network
2019
Spotlight on the journey and implementation of REDD+ across the tropics
Plenary, Global Landscapes Forum, Kyoto, 13 May 2019 · organised by CIFOR with the UN-REDD Programme
2011
Multi-purpose monitoring and assessment: measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) for REDD+
Case study, presented as Forestry Officer, FAO, in Burgos, Spain, 22 March 2011 · video on the Fundación Cesefor channel