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    Cities
    North America
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    US Communities Reduce Risks of Wildfires by Improving Forest Health

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    The upper Weber River flows through the community of Alpine Acres.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    Forests
    Asia
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    Indonesian Communities Protect Millions of Hectares of Rainforest

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • data
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    Rainforest with clouds.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • data
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    March 2, 2026

    Ethiopia’s Federal Government Finances Large-Scale Nature Restoration

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    People in southern Ethiopia taking part in a tree planting initiative.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Outcomes
    March 13, 2025

    Consortium Produces Groundbreaking Data to Help Protect Grasslands

    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • data
    • mapping
    Aerial view of herd of sheep on grasslands.
    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • data
    • mapping
    Forests
    Outcomes
    March 13, 2025

    New AI Model Maps Every Tree on Earth

    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • mapping
    • data
    Papa Christian banana, teak ans cacao agroforestry plot in Yanonge, Tshopo Province - DRC
    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • mapping
    • data
    Forests
    Outcomes
    March 13, 2025

    Locally Led Projects Restore 50,000 of Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Tending to seedlings.
    • Top Outcome: 2024
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Research, Technology and Policy Combine to Protect Madagascar’s Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    Group conducting forest research in Madagascar.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    Equity & Governance
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Indonesia’s Indigenous and Community Groups Secure Legal Rights to Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Forests
    • conservation
    Local people from Takal Pasir Village conducting a survey of the Singkil peat swamp forest.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Forests
    • conservation
    Forests
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    New Nature Crime Alliance Forms to Combat Crimes Against People and Planet

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • illegal logging
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    Orphan Black Rhino in Gonarezhou National Park with scout rangers holding weapons.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • illegal logging
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    Forests
    Asia
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Jakarta Creates 50+ New Parks to Boost Climate Resilience

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    Urban park in Jakarta.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    Forests
    Outcomes
    June 2, 2023

    Kochi, India Adopts Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    Planting trees in Kochi, India
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Outcomes
    September 19, 2022

    Global Forest Watch Helps Indigenous Peoples Reduce Deforestation

    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Aerial view over a tropical forest with a river meandering through the canopy
    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Resilience Bond Helps Reduce Wildfire Risk in California

    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    US Forest Service, partners and local community members visit a restoration site in the North Yuba River Watershed in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Photo by Leah Schleifer/WRI
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Watcher Mobile App and Alerts Help Curb Illegal Deforestation

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Members of a community group in Riau, Indonesia, traveling by boat use WRI’s Forest Watcher app to monitor deforestation. Photo by Jikalihari/WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Brazil and Indonesia Enact Landscape Restoration Policies

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Shade-grown coffee in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016