WRI seeks to increase the ability of governments, businesses, and civil society to protect intact forest landscapes, manage working forests more effectively, and restore deforested lands.
New Ventures supports business solutions to the challenges of sustainable development by accelerating the growth of environmental enterprise in emerging markets.
This is the first in a series of WRI posters on tree cover change across the globe focuses on tropical hot spots in Brazil, Cambodia, Central Africa, and Indonesia.
Ruth Nogueron, Paulo Barreto, Carlos Souza Jr., Anthony Anderson and Rodney Salomao. In collaboration with Janice Wiles
March, 2006
The analysis compiles a comprehensive set of geospatial indicators of human activities that lead to forest degradation and conversion. Illustrated by numerous maps, the results provide valuable insights for land-use planning and zoning.
Rob Bradley, Jonathan Pershing, Lee Schipper, Kevin A. Baumert, Navroz K. Dubash, Jose Roberto Moreira, Stanford Mwakasonda, Wei-Shiuen Ng, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Virginia Parente, Harald Winkler
December, 2005
Discusses how economic development in developing countries can be compatible with limiting their greenhouse gas emissions.
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