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Forest Carbon Work On-the-Ground in Indonesia

By Lesley Pories on December 12, 2007
Location: BALI, INDONESIA
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). < p>

Reefs at Risk

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

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.

Highlighting Coral Reefs in Coastal Planning and Management in Sabah, Malaysia

June 20, 2003

A map-based analysis of human pressure on coral reefs in Sabah, Malaysia, designed to halt reef degradation and improve coastal management.

Democratic Decentralization of Natural Resources: Institutionalizing popular participation

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This brief presents preliminary findings and recommendations from research on natural resources in decentralization efforts around the world.

Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia

Lauretta Burke, Liz Selig (WRI), and Mark Spalding (UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK)

February, 2002

Provides a detailed analysis of threats to coral reefs across Southeast Asia and provides an economic valuation of what will be lost if these threats – destructive fishing, overfishing, marine-based and inland pollution, coastal development – continue.

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