blog post
by , , , , and - The 2015 data on tree cover loss has been added to Global Forest Watch. Here's what we learned.
Russia
blog post
by Kelly Levin and Thomas Damassa - April 06, 2015Under Russia's new post-2020 climate change commitment, the country could actually increase its emissions 40-50 percent above current levels by 2030.
blog post
by Nigel Sizer, Rachael Petersen, James Anderson, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau - April 02, 2015Russia and Canada experienced massive tree cover loss in 2011-2013, with annual losses in their northern forests equal to an area the size of Ireland, mostly due to forest fires, according to new satellite data from WRI’s Global Forest Watch.
news item
Groups call for redoubled effort to protect last great forest wilderness sites
Editor’s Note: To view the Intact Forest Landscape mapping methods and findings please visit: www.intactforests.org.
publication
by Johan Schaar - November 2013The unexpected rise in food prices in 2008 had a complex causality, with climate variability acting as an important trigger. This was followed by the financial meltdown in 2009 and high food prices again in 2011-12. These complex crises,
blog post
by Caitlin Clarke - October 25, 2013A recent incident at Lumber Liquidators highlights how alleged ties to illegally harvested woods can negatively impact business. Moreover, it shows that the U.S. Lacey Act—which bans trafficking of illegally sourced wood and paper products—is continuing to crack down on suspected illicit activity. It’s important that companies take note—and take action.
charts graphs
In Eastern Europe and Latin America all measured countries show a top-heavy BOP spending pattern, illustrated here by Russia.
publication
by Lars Laestadius, Volha Roshchanka, Susan Minnemeyer and Isabel Munilla - September 2006Primorsky Kray, also known as Primorye, hosts one of the most diverse forest ecosystems in Russia that protects a significant portion of the region's biodiversity. Its mixed broadleaf coniferous forests are the last remaining habitat for the Far East leopard and the Amur tiger.
publication
by Lars Laestadius, Ken Andrasko, Mikhail Gytarsky, Georgy Korovin, Brian Murray, Brent Sohngen, Anatoly Utkin and Dmitri Zamolodchikov - December 2005This report represents the culmination of a joint effort by Russian and American scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and U.S. organizations to assess the forest carbon situation in Russia and to make the data available to researchers and policy makers.
publication
by Lars Laestadius, Dmitry Dobrynin, Alexander Isaev and et. al. - October 2002The romantic notion of the Russian forest as an unbroken band of boundless wilderness is a myth. In reality, the taiga consists of fragments of wilderness, separated by areas affected---either directly or indirectly–--by modern land use.
publication
by Lars Laestadius - October 2001Many people think of the Russian tiaga as an unlimited expanse of undisturbed nature. The main purpose of this study was to find out to which extent this notion is true -- to answer such questions as:
publication
by Dirk Bryant and Daniel Nielsen and Laura Tangley - March 1997