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    land use mapping
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 11, 2016

    Guacamole Coasts: Not Just Florida, Not Just Now

    • water pollution
    • mapping
    • pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • water pollution
    • mapping
    • pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Asia
    Insights
    July 7, 2016

    As Indonesia’s Dry Season Looms, a New Tool Can Predict Daily Forest Fire Risk

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Indonesia forest fire
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 11, 2016

    5 Images Explain Why the Alberta Forest Fires Are So Hard to Stop

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    forest fire in Alberta, Canada
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 9, 2016

    Strengthening Indigenous Land Rights: 3 Challenges to “Free, Prior and Informed Consent”

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Pack horse
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    April 21, 2016

    Destruction of Tropical Peatland Is an Overlooked Source of Emissions

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Peat drainage canals
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Protein Scorecard

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    People Are Eating More Protein than They Need—Especially in Wealthy Regions

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Animal-based Foods are More Resource-Intensive than Plant-Based Foods

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Shifting the Diets of High Consumers of Animal-Based Foods Could Significantly Reduce Per Person Agricultural Land Use and GHG Emissions

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    The Shift Wheel: Changing Consumer Purchasing

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    News
    April 20, 2016

    RELEASE: WRI offers new approach to help move billions to more sustainable diets

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Freshwater
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Freshwater
    Food
    Insights
    April 20, 2016

    How I Tweaked My Diet to Cut its Environmental Footprint in Half

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Sunday dinner - fried chicken. green beans, tomatoes, and mashed potatoes with mochka gravy.
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    April 13, 2016

    When Could the Paris Agreement Take Effect? Interactive Map Sheds Light

    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    The Paris Agreement Tracker
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Insights
    April 1, 2016

    We Can Save Tigers from Extinction, with a Little Help from Satellites

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Tiger
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Harvesting logs in Malaysia.
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 10, 2016

    What Indonesia Doesn’t Know About Peatlands Could Undermine its Climate Goals

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • wetlands
    Peat swamp forests of the Katingan Peatland Reserve in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • wetlands
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 2, 2016

    A New Global Goal: Doubling Community and Indigenous Land by 2020

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    rice harvesting
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping

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