Topic: mapping

In 2005, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) launched a comprehensive process to review historical logging titles and bring them into compliance with its recently enacted Forest Code

Drawing on Uganda’s rich baseline of wetland data and poverty mapping, this report provides a detailed examination of the links between ecosystem services and the location of poor communities and presents practical lessons for policy-makers across government.

Uganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands.

Total forest clearing over the study period is estimated to be 27.2 million

Presents various methods that use ecosystem services—the benefits of nature such as food, fuel, natural hazard protection, pollination, and spiritual sustenance—to enable decision makers to link ecosystems and economic development.

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The choice of Bali as the location for the 2007 U.N. climate conference, currently underway, is significant because Indonesia is home to the world’s third largest remaining intact tropical forest (following only Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo). This makes it crucial in the fight against global warming.

At this year’s conference, there has been much focus on offsetting carbon emissions by preventing deforestation – a concept known as “avoided deforestation” or Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD).

The Pilot analysis of global ecosystems (PAGE) provides a “big picture” view of ecosystems using indicators and maps at global and continental scales.

Raising awareness of threats to coral reefs and providing information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.

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.

This interactive atlas tool allows users to access the most complete and up-to-date information on the Cameroon forest sector – timber extraction areas, forest concession management plan status, volume of timber logged by concession area, and more.

This atlas, developed by WRI and NOAA, provides a series of spatial indicators of watershed-based sources of threat to coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands.

The Belize Coastal Threat Atlas contains detailed assessments and mapping of threats to coral reefs in Belize, along with analysis. The project uses a geographical information system (GIS) to visualize and analyze the relationship between human activities and coral reef health.

In one source, this Atlas contains much of the relevant spatially explicit data for forest management and governance in Cameroon.

Note: A more recent version of this Atlas is available.

DRC Forest Title Conversion Process Results

Interactive Forest Atlas for Gabon (Atlas Forestier Interactif du Gabon)

Mapping a Better Future: How Spatial Analysis Can Benefit Wetlands and Reduce Poverty in Uganda

Uganda Wetland Maps Will Help Reduce Poverty, Boost Economy

Forest Clearing and Forest Cover in the Humid Tropical Forest Biome: 2000-2005

Ecosystem Services: A Guide for Decision Makers

Logging Concessions and Protected Areas in the Republic of Congo

Forest Carbon Work On-the-Ground in Indonesia

Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE)

Reefs at Risk

Forest Landscapes Initiative

Interactive Forestry Atlas of Cameroon (version 2.0)

Land-based Sources of Threat to Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands

Belize Coastal Threat Atlas

Interactive Forestry Atlas of Cameroon (version 1.0)

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