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    Forests
    Insights
    February 29, 2024

    Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Forests
    Europe
    Insights
    November 21, 2023

    Timber Harvesting and Climate Change Are Depleting Europe's Mature Forests

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    A bulldozer harvests timber in a tall, lush pine forest.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2023

    Benchmarks for Success for COP28

    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 18, 2023

    Sixteen Businesses, One Mission: Advancing Landscape Restoration and Entrepreneurship Across Africa

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Farmer with mangoes at Goshen Farm Exporters Ltd.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Europe
    News
    May 16, 2023

    STATEMENT: Landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation is Formally Adopted, Will Enter into Force 

    • deforestation
    • Forest Legality
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • Forest Legality
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    January 17, 2023

    Promotion of Charcoal Alternative May Help Fight Deforestation in Virunga National Park

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 3, 2023

    An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Workers build steps in Odisha, India
    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    December 20, 2022

    Meet 16 African Businesses Restoring Land and Making Money

    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerobic Agroforestry staff happy in a full greenhouse
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 14, 2022

    What Could a “Bioeconomy” in the Amazon Look Like?

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Aerial view of Amazon River
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Forests
    Insights
    August 11, 2022

    8 Ways Cities Can Access Sustainable Wood

    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Stacked wood planks ready for construction use
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    Update
    August 8, 2022

    UN Human Rights Council Underscores the Need for Loss and Damage Action Ahead of COP27

    • United Nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    UN Geneva meeting in session
    • United Nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 29, 2022

    The Benefits and Power of Assisted Natural Regeneration

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • COP26
    Forested mountains
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • COP26
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    March 14, 2022

    5 Challenges the UNFCCC Must Overcome To Spur Climate Action

    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    The background of the opening plenary, COP26.
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance

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