Forests are a vital source of goods and services but continue to be degraded and fragmented at astounding rates. Forest management can only be improved if decision-making is transparent, and decision makers are held accountable for their choices. WRI works to improve forest management by ensuring that reliable and accurate information on forest use, condition and threats is publicly available and routinely used in decision making by both the public and private sectors. Our solutions:

• Monitor and map forests [0]—support national efforts to create spatial information and apply it to decision making
• Provide training and technical assistance to governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations in the use of these tools
• Build bridges among business, government, and civil society institutions to promote collaborative problem solving
• Support responsible procurement of forest products [0]—provide purchasers with reliable, impartial, and easy-to-understand advice on forest product procurement policies
• Assess the oil and gas industry’s footprint [0]—explore the environmental impacts of the oil and gas industry on forest landscapes
• Analyze forests’ role in carbon sequestration—investigate the potential of forests to sequester carbon and contribute to global climate change commitments
• Assess forestry revenue distribution—examine how revenue from forest exploitation is distributed