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Forest Agenda at COP21 Gathers Steam, but Faces Headwinds

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Brazil forest
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: What’s Your Benchmark? Using the GFW Climate Platform to Identify Clearer Targets

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate
Insights

4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
Agroforestry
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
Insights

25 Years of So-Called “Sustainable Forest Management” in Sarawak

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Land clearing for oil palm development in Sarawak, Malaysia.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Insights

New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • environmental democracy
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • environmental democracy
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities

Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • illegal logging
While not a new problem, the scale and pervasiveness of timber laundering in Peru is astounding.  Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • illegal logging

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Insights

With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities

Increasing Forest Transparency through the Open Government Partnership

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • sustainable development goals
Open government often translates to good forest governance. Photo by Nanang Sujana/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • sustainable development goals
Insights

3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • fires
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
Insights

Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • fires
  • commodities
Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • fires
  • commodities
Insights

Kebakaran di Indonesia Menghasilkan Polusi Udara dengan Level “Sangat Berbahaya” di Singapura

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • fires
  • global forest watch
Sumber foto: Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • fires
  • global forest watch
Insights

Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • fires
  • global forest watch
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • fires
  • global forest watch
Insights
Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • fires
  • mapping
Insights

Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia Reach Crisis Levels

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
A fire in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
Insights

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

  • Forests
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • illegal logging
Restoring trees in drylands can improve higher food security. (Drylands, Mail) Photo by TREEAID/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • illegal logging

Brasil e Indonésia Têm Dificuldades para Diminuir Desmatamento

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch

Brazil and Indonesia Struggling to Reduce Deforestation

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Cleared rainforest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rainforest Action Network/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Insights
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.
  • data
  • restoration
  • Forests
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset