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    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 17, 2022

    How Tracking Timber Helps Prevent Illegal Logging and Deforestation

    • Forest Legality
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    Worker with hardhat stands in front of timber pile at the Luke Paper Mill and Woodlands site.
    • Forest Legality
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2020

    A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

    • biking
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • infrastructure
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
    • biking
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • infrastructure
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    November 5, 2018

    Cleaner-Burning Fuels at Kenyan Schools Feed Students and Protect Forests

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging
    Kenya has lost 9 percent of its forests since 2000. Photo by pxhere
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    February 11, 2016

    How Does China’s Growing Overseas Investment Affect Africa’s Forests? 5 Things to Know

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2015

    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
    Africa
    Africa
    Insights
    September 8, 2015

    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
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

    • Cities
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Paris Agreement
    • transportation
    Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Paris Agreement
    • transportation
    Finance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America
    News
    April 1, 2014

    ADVISORY: Can the World Bank Meet Sustainability and Governance Challenges?

    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2013

    Leveling the Playing Field for Legal Timber in Brazil

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Logging in Mato Grosso, Brasil. Credit: c.alberto/ Flickr
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 19, 2013

    Ensuring Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability in Brazil

    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Initiatives
    July 18, 2013

    Forest Atlases

    triple-threat-water-energy-and-food-insecurity
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    June 25, 2013

    3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 21, 2013

    Saving the World's Forests: A Technology Revolution to Curb Illegal Logging

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Our future is inextricably linked to forests. The social and economic benefits they provide are essential to realizing a sustainable century. Photo credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2008
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping

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