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Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT Version 1.0)
Technical NoteThis paper discusses the creation and implications of the first global, spatially explicit planted trees database. Global Forest WatchForestsCreative CommonsMapping Tree Plantations with...
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Integrating Green And Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure Report...
At this event, the World Bank and WRI will launch a new report, Integrating Green and Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure, which explores how nature can act as infrastructure to help meet...
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Webinar: What to Expect from Indonesia’s 2019 Fire Season (For Journalists)
Indonesia’s forest fire season is quickly approaching. While fire outbreaks have been an annual environmental and air quality crisis for decades, dry El Nino conditions this year indicate Indonesia’s...
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Integrating Green and Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
ReportThis report explores how integrating nature into built, gray infrastructure systems can help provide services like food, flood protection, and clean water. These green solutions can open new...
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Debunking Myths: 5 Things to Know About Green Infrastructure
Debunking Myths: 5 Things to Know About Green Infrastructure Comments|Add Comment|PrintGreen infrastructure like healthy forests, wetlands and coral reefs can cheaply and effectively enhance the...
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PODCAST: Visiting Central Africa, with Molly Bergen
PODCAST: Visiting Central Africa, with Molly Bergen Comments|Add Comment|PrintA woman with a fuel-efficient cookstove. Flickr/CARPE Congo Basin. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRIUsing three field...
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Supporting Climate Entrepreneurs in Africa: How Can Innovations Be Nurtured?
African entrepreneurs are developing innovative solutions to address development issues in a climate-challenged world.At this Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) side event, WRI, the Wallace Global Fund...
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PODCAST: Changing the Dynamics of Land Degradation Throughout Latin America
PODCAST: Changing the Dynamics of Land Degradation Throughout Latin America Comments|Add Comment|PrintConsidering the miro tree in Costa Rica. Flickr/World Resources Institute. Photo by Aaron...
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Restoring the Peruvian Amazon, One of the Most Ecologically Valuable Forests...
Restoring the Peruvian Amazon, One of the Most Ecologically Valuable Forests in the World Comments|Add Comment|PrintRiver guide on the Peruvian Amazon. Flickr/World Resources InstituteAn...
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The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year
The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year Comments|Add Comment|PrintPrimary rainforests are critically important for storing carbon and providing habitat for jaguars,...
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Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from...
Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests Comments|Add Comment|PrintAlfred Brownell, winner of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa,...
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A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests
A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests Comments|Add Comment|PrintForest on the Mamberamo River in Papua. Flickr/CIFORA version of this post originally appeared at Jakarta Post.The...
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Initiative 20x20 Annual Meeting of Partners
Partners of Initiative 20x20 representing governments, impact investors, companies, and technical experts will come together in Buenos Aires to advance the alignment of policies and investments for...
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A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains
A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains Comments|Add Comment|PrintUnloading oil palm fruits. Photo by African Hope/Wikimedia CommonsImagine you are a sustainability...
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Global Forest Watch PRO
Global Forest Watch Pro is an application for companies and financial institutions to securely manage deforestation risk in commodity supply chains.http://pro.globalforestwatch.orgTopics: ForestsGlobal...
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Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa
Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa Comments|Add Comment|PrintDeforestation rates in the Congo Basin are on the rise, particularly in the Democratic Republic...
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Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing...
Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation? Comments|Add Comment|PrintForest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by Julius Lawalata/WRIIndonesia...
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The Land Accelerator
*/ From boosting agricultural yields to creating jobs and fighting climate change, there are multiple benefits to making degraded land healthy again. Landscape restoration creates environmental and...
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Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain
Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain Comments|Add Comment|PrintTree cover loss in Indonesia declined for the second year in a row in 2018, but problem areas remain in some...
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Washington Forest Legality Week 2019
Washington Forest Legality Week, the signature annual event of WRI’s Forest Legality Initiative, is intended to enable dialogue and inspire action and partnerships to more effectively implement and...
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