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Coming Soon: Global Forest Watch 2.0

Global Forest Watch 2.0 is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system that unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human networks around the world to fight deforestation.

ADVISORY: WRI's 9th Annual Stories to Watch

December 20, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute will host its 9th Annual Stories to Watch event on January 10, 2012, looking ahead to the big environmental and sustainability stories for 2012.

Forest and Landscape Restoration

Restoring functionality and productive capacity to forests and landscapes in order to provide food, fuel, and fiber, improve livelihoods, store carbon, improve adaptive capacity, conserve biodiversity, prevent erosion and improve water supply.

RELEASE: Leaders Announce Global Effort to Restore 150 Million Hectares of Deforested Land

September 1, 2011
Location: BONN, GERMANY & WASHINGTON, D.C.

New Global Restoration Council to be led by former Swedish Prime Minister Persson

A global effort to restore 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands by 2020 is being launched in Bonn, Germany.

Global Map of Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

September 1, 2011

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A New And Improved Map

This restoration opportunity map is a revised and improved version of a previous map (published in 2009 and [flink world_of_opportunity_b

MEDIA ADVISORY: 4th Annual Ecosystem Markets Conference - Making Ecosystems Work

June 27, 2011
Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Experts and innovators meet to chart the future of ecosystem conservation

Restoring Forests: An Opportunity for Africa

By Nigel Sizer, Lars Laestadius, and Susan Minnemeyer on May 26, 2011

New research shows that Africa offers some of the greatest opportunities globally for restoring forests.

Opportunities for Forest and Landscape Restoration in Africa

May 24, 2011

Restoring the World's Forests While Feeding the Poor

By Nigel Sizer and Lars Laestadius on May 18, 2011

Trees are being cut down for farming, but a new study shows that a lot of land already cleared could be used instead.

New Hope for Restoring Forest Landscapes

By Lars Laestadius, Susan Minnemeyer, and Petr Potapov (South Dakota State University) on December 11, 2009

A new map shows a world of opportunity for restoration of forest landscapes. COP-15 negotiators should take note.

The World from a Forest Landscape Restoration Perspective

December 10, 2009

Note: This map was updated in December, 2010. View the most recent version here

This map shows areas where global forests have great potential for recovery.

Forest Landscapes Initiative

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.