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    protected areas wetlands
    Ocean
    News
    January 27, 2021

    STATEMENT: Biden Administration Commits to Protect 30% of U.S. Land and Ocean by 2030

    • Food
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • land use
    • biodiversity
    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    • Food
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • land use
    • biodiversity
    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 24, 2020

    The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Algae, corals and fish in an ocean gully.
    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    People walking near Brazil public transportation
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2014

    New Tool Reveals How Jamaica’s Development Projects Impact People and Planet

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • protected areas
    • public participation
    Cataboo, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. Photo by Sergel Mutovkin/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • protected areas
    • public participation
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 13, 2013

    New Mapping Technology: Nova Scotia’s Powerful Ally in Protecting Valuable Forests

    • Forests
    • mapping
    • protected areas
    Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Photo credit: Nicolas Raymond, Flickr
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • protected areas
    North America
    Data
    May 19, 2011

    Conservation-Related Ballot Measures in the United States (1998–2010)

    • Forests
    • protected areas
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • protected areas
    • deforestation
    Forests
    North America
    Data
    May 19, 2011

    Conservation-Related Ballot Measures in the Southern United States (1988–2010)

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • protected areas
    • U.S. policy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • protected areas
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    North America
    Research
    May 18, 2011

    Funding for Forests

    Forests
    North America
    Research
    March 31, 2011

    Forests at Work

    Forests
    North America
    Research
    February 28, 2011

    Forests for Water

    North America
    Data
    February 25, 2011

    Watersheds of the Southern United States

    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • wetlands
    • Water Quality
    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • wetlands
    • Water Quality

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