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    November 25, 2015

    4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

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    September 22, 2015

    Our Fraying Ecosystems

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    Between 2001 and 2014, the world lost on average 18 million hectares of tree cover per year (an area twice the size of Portugal). Photo by bdodane/Flickr.
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    September 8, 2015

    Will World Forestry Congress See Merit in Trees Outside the Forest?

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    Restoring trees in drylands can improve higher food security. (Drylands, Mail) Photo by TREEAID/Flickr.
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    • illegal logging
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    September 3, 2015

    South Africa Hosts World Forestry Congress: 4 Big Opportunities for Progress

    • data
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    Illegal logging accounts for up to 90 percent of forestry activities in some key tropical production forests and 30 percent of globally traded wood. (Sumatra, Indonesia) Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
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    August 10, 2015

    Getting Governors on Board with Landscape Restoration

    • deforestation
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    Subnational programs on restoration, like Richardson’s River Ecosystem Restoration Initiative, can be found across the globe. Photo by Public Affairs/Flickr
    • deforestation
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    Africa
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    July 28, 2015

    How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

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    • food security
    • poverty
    Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
    • Food
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    July 9, 2015

    Forest Landscape Restoration Is More than Planting Trees: 3 Case Studies from the Western US

    • agriculture
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    Restored forest lands in northern Oregon bring benefits to people and nature.
    • agriculture
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    North America
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    June 25, 2015

    Clear Waters: Restoring Fish, Culture and Land in Central Oregon

    • aquaculture
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    Oxbow Conservation area. (Oregon, United States) Photo by Aaron Reuben/IUCN.
    • aquaculture
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    • Forests
    Food
    Africa
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    May 21, 2015

    Regreening Africa Could Help Stem the Tide of Migration

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    A smallholder farmer plants maize. Photo by CIMMYT/Flickr
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    May 13, 2015

    Extending Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium Is a Win for Business

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    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
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    • deforestation
    • Economics
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    • Business
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    April 15, 2015

    Bonn Challenge 2.0: Forest and Landscape Restoration Emerges as a Key Climate Solution

    • forest monitoring
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    • Forests
    A farmer tends his agroforestry system in Colombia. Photo by Neil Palmer of CIAT.
    • forest monitoring
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    March 6, 2015

    Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

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    Forest landscape restoration does not call for increasing tree cover beyond what would be ecologically appropriate for a particular location. Photo by Valerio Pillar/Flickr.
    • restoration
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    December 31, 2014

    So What Did We Learn in 2014?

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    2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
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    December 30, 2014

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

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    During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
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    December 23, 2014

    Rebranding Bamboo for Bonn: The 5 Million Hectare Restoration Pledge

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    • Forests
    Ethiopia is home to the largest area of natural bamboo in Africa. (Ethiopia) Photo by Bureau of IIP/Flickr.
    • agriculture
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    Forests
    Asia
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    December 15, 2014

    Taking Culture into Account in Restoring China’s Loess Plateau

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    The trees planted on the Loess Plateau were biological settlers, foreigners to the arid landscape. (Loess Plateau, China) Photo by baggis/Flickr.
    • restoration
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    December 14, 2014

    COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
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    • Cities
    • COP20
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    Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
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