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    January 2, 2019

    ADVISORY: WRI’s Stories to Watch 2019

    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    Equity & Governance
    Data
    June 20, 2017

    Logging, Mining, And Agricultural Concessions Data Transparency: A Survey Of 14 Forested Countries

    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    Energy
    North America
    News
    January 19, 2017

    STATEMENT: Perry Should Focus on Clean Energy to Grow U.S. Economy and Cut Emissions

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    November 6, 2015

    Perimeter Defense: 4 Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Some forest managers are using drones to monitor trees and wildlife. Photo by John Mills/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    November 11, 2014

    New Technology Can Help Ensure that Protected Areas Stay Protected

    • data
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    The world has more than 177,000 protected areas, all of which require proper management to prevent harmful and illegal activities. Photo credit: Garrett Ziegler, Flickr
    • data
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 29, 2014

    What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Eight years ago, developers proposed a five-dam project on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia, Chile. While they projected that the hydropower would produce 2,750 megawatts of power, the project would also flood 23 square miles of wilderness, jeopardizing the environment, local culture, and tourism of the region. Photo Credit: International Rivers/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 23, 2014

    UNEP’s New Access to Information Policy Falls Short of True Transparency

    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    UNEP describes itself as “the voice for the environment within the United Nations system…acting as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment.” Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    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
    Energy
    Research
    September 9, 2011

    Two Degrees of Innovation

    Energy
    Research
    January 16, 2011

    Innovation and Technology Transfer

    Climate
    Research
    November 23, 2010

    Summary of UNFCCC Submissions

    Climate
    Research
    April 30, 2010

    Fields of Fuel

    Energy
    North America
    Research
    December 8, 2009

    It Should Be A Breeze

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