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A Carbon-Neutral Land Sector by 2040? Here's How to Get There
A Carbon-Neutral Land Sector by 2040? Here's How to Get There Comments|Add Comment|PrintDeforestation in Madagascar. Photo by Jonathan Talbot, WRIThe 1.5 mark holds special resonance in the climate...
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Public-Sector Measures to Conserve and Restore Forests: Overcoming Economic...
Working PaperThis working paper is a contribution to the FOLU 2019 report, Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use. The paper answers four questions:Why are forests...
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6 Barriers to Protecting and Restoring Forests – and Strategies to Overcome Them
6 Barriers to Protecting and Restoring Forests – and Strategies to Overcome Them Comments|Add Comment|PrintCongo Basin, home to rare species including gorillas and forest elephants. Photo by Molly...
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Forest-Based Climate Mitigation: Lessons from REDD+ Implementation
Issue BriefThis issue brief is based on a 2018 working paper and summarizes the REDD+ experience over the past decade, taking stock of lessons learned from REDD+ implementation to inform future...
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Pour la durabilité de la production du cacao, les pays et les sociétés...
Pour la durabilité de la production du cacao, les pays et les sociétés doivent s’engager Comments|Add Comment|PrintProducteur de cacao en Colombie. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection.Read this blog in...
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Places to Watch Palm and Soy: Identifying High Priority Forest Disturbances...
Technical NoteThis paper discusses the methodology used to produce the Places to Watch Palm and Soy layers on the Global Forest Watch platform. Global Forest WatchSouth AmericaSoutheast...
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PODCAST: Certifying Sustainable Palm Oil with Andika Putraditama
PODCAST: Certifying Sustainable Palm Oil with Andika Putraditama Comments|Add Comment|PrintLoading oil palm fruit in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Greg Girard/CIFOR/FlickrAndika Putraditama first...
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Healthy Landscapes for Prosperity: Land Restoration in El Salvador
Learn more about how El Salvador is working with WRI and partners to regenerate vital landscapes through using the Index for Landscape Restoration, and how this innovative methodology can be used by...
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Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?
Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests? Comments|Add Comment|PrintMexico produces about 2.2 million tons of avocados annually. Photo by Olle Svensson/FlickrDemand for avocados has...
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Webinar: Financing for Land Restoration Businesses
This webinar will help entrepreneurs understand how triple bottom line businesses, which focus not only on profitability, but also on social and environmental outcomes, are increasingly attractive to...
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How and Where to Plant 60 Billion Trees in the US
How and Where to Plant 60 Billion Trees in the US Comments|Add Comment|PrintRestocking timber forests is one way the United States can plant billions of trees. Photo by Cecilio Ricardo/U.S. Forest...
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Intense Boreal Forest Fires a Climate Concern
Intense Boreal Forest Fires a Climate Concern Comments|Add Comment|PrintCuckegg Creek Fire in Alberta, Canada. Photo by Alberta WildfireThe Chuckegg Creek wildfire sparked in Alberta, Canada on May 12,...
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Agriculture Drove Recent Record-Breaking Tree Cover Loss
Agriculture Drove Recent Record-Breaking Tree Cover Loss Comments|Add Comment|PrintAgriculture, like this cornfield in Thailand, is a driver of recent tree cover loss. Photo by Theerawat...
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Universal Mill List: A Standardized Methodology for Creating a Global...
TestimonyThis paper discusses the data collection, verification, and publication process of a global asset list, the Universal Mill List. Global Forest WatchForestsCreative CommonsFileDownload 1.9 MB /...
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Webinar: The Science Behind Forest Change Data
Thanks to innovations in satellite monitoring, we’ve never had a better understanding of when and where forests are changing around the world. Global Forest Watch (GFW) provides the most up to date...
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Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act
Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act Comments|Add Comment|PrintWith proper investment, a tree restoration program could create hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs. Photo by Simon...
View ArticleINSIDER: 4 Reasons Why a Jurisdictional Approach for REDD+ Crediting Is...
Comments|Add Comment|PrintINSIDER: 4 Reasons Why a Jurisdictional Approach for REDD+ Crediting Is Superior to a Project-Based ApproachFrances Seymour is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at WRI. In her...
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Webinar: TerraMatch: Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way
Join the conversation:#TerraMatchThe world is losing billions of trees every year, endangering the lives of over 3 billion people. Fewer trees mean less food and water for people living in vulnerable...
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We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019
We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019 Comments|Add Comment|PrintLarge logs sit on a truck bed in a forest concession in Ghana. Photo by Maite Knorr-Evans/WRIWhat is...
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Is Destruction the Inevitable Fate of Our Forests?
Is Destruction the Inevitable Fate of Our Forests? Comments|Add Comment|PrintForest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/flickrThe world lost 3.8 million hectares (9.3 million acres) of...
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