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Keeping Faith in Forests
Add Comment|PrintKeeping Faith in ForestsLight comes through the canopy of a Costa Rican forest. Flickr/WRIThis article originally appeared at Trust.org and is reposted courtesy of the Thomson Reuters...
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Logging, Mining, And Agricultural Concessions Data Transparency: A Survey Of...
Improving transparency of concessions data—the who, what, when and where of commercial activities that drive over 60% of global deforestation—is critical to preventing forest loss. Yet countries with...
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Global Tree Cover Loss Remains High. Emerging Patterns Reveal Shifting...
Add Comment|PrintGlobal Tree Cover Loss Remains High. Emerging Patterns Reveal Shifting Contributors.Aguaje trees in Peru. Flickr/CIFORGlobal Forest Watch released new satellite-based data showing how...
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Land and Social (In)justice in South Sumatra
Add Comment|PrintLand and Social (In)justice in South SumatraThe expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia impacts local populations. Photo by James Anderson/WRIThis article is part of a series of...
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Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia, Inside and Outside Concessions Areas
Add Comment|PrintDrivers of Deforestation in Indonesia, Inside and Outside Concessions AreasOil palm plantation in Bogor, Indonesia. Photo by a_rabin/flickrSee a version of this blog in Indonesian...
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Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis
Add Comment|PrintMalawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation CrisisA community woodlot in Domasi, Malawi. Photo by Katie Reytar/WRINearly a year ago, the New York Times ran a devastating story...
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Predicting Future Forest Loss in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s CARPE...
This paper discusses findings from a spatial land use change modeling study on future forest loss in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s forests. Key findings include a historical analysis of forest...
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Scientists Use Google Earth and Crowdsourcing to Map Uncharted Forests
Add Comment|PrintScientists Use Google Earth and Crowdsourcing to Map Uncharted ForestsLocal knowledge helped researchers ground-truth desert forest tracking. (WRI)No single person could ever hope to...
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Without Forests, Jakarta's Water Situation Worsens
Add Comment|PrintWithout Forests, Jakarta's Water Situation WorsensA flooded marketplace in Jakarta. Flickr/Charles WiriawanFlooding is the tragic norm in Jakarta, a megacity where major floods took 40...
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Meet the Experts: Q&A with Frances Seymour
Add Comment|PrintMeet the Experts: Q&A with Frances SeymourFrances SeymourFrances Seymour rejoined WRI in May as a Distinguished Senior Fellow. Recognized as an international authority on forest...
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Keeping Faith in Forests
Add Comment|PrintKeeping Faith in ForestsLight comes through the canopy of a Costa Rican forest. Flickr/WRIThis article originally appeared at Trust.org and is reposted courtesy of the Thomson Reuters...
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Climate Change Solutions: Bringing Forests to Center Stage
Add Comment|PrintClimate Change Solutions: Bringing Forests to Center StageForests play a huge role in mitigating climate change. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRIForests are natural heroes of the climate...
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PODCAST: Indonesia's Million-Dollar Peat Prize with Frances Seymour
Add Comment|PrintPODCAST: Indonesia's Million-Dollar Peat Prize with Frances SeymourOrangutan mother and child in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Flickr/WRI"Peatlands are the most important ecosystem...
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PODCAST: The Business Case for Planting Native Trees in Brazil
Add Comment|PrintPODCAST: The Business Case for Planting Native Trees in BrazilThe World Conference on Ecological Restoration takes place in Iguazu Falls, Brazil. In anticipation of the conference, we...
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Land Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate Commitments
Add Comment|PrintLand Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate CommitmentsA view of Chapada Diamantina in Brazil. Photo by Crystal Davis/WRIThis article was originally posted on...
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Forests and SDGs: Taking a Second Look
Add Comment|PrintForests and SDGs: Taking a Second LookWild fruit in Amazonia. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIATThis week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York City gives denizens of “Development...
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In Riau, Indonesia, Women Organize for Environmental Justice
Add Comment|PrintIn Riau, Indonesia, Women Organize for Environmental JusticeA dusty road to Sungai Berbari village. Photo by Women Research InstituteA group of women from Sungai Berbari, a village in...
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How Can Indonesia Achieve Its Climate Change Mitigation Goal? An Analysis of...
Working PaperThis working paper identifies key national mitigation policies and quantifies their emissions abatement potential to allow Indonesia to select a strategy to deliver on its climate...
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Brazil’s Fruitful Example: Açaí
Comments|Add Comment|PrintBrazil’s Fruitful Example: AçaíAn açaí picker in the Brazilian state of Pará. Photo by Sidney Oliveira/AG ParáIn the popular Brazilian news magazine Veja, journalist J. R....
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Balancing Development and Forest Protection in Papua
Comments|Add Comment|PrintBalancing Development and Forest Protection in PapuaOil palm plantation. Photo by a_rabin/flickrAs part of the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia faces a unique challenge...
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