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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
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    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
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Brazilian Cities Begin to Reshape Urban Areas Through Sustainable Mobility Plans

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Commuters use Bus Rapid Transit system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Mexico and Mexico City Introduce Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    High-rise construction in Mexico City. Photo by Lars Plougmann, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    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
    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
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 27, 2014

    4 Keys to Scaled-up Climate Investment in Brazil

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • Green Climate Fund
    São Paulo , Brazil. Photo Credit: veebruar/Flickr
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 18, 2014

    Tracking Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Easing the Way Forward

    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Kenyan farmers discussing changes in the climate and weather. The lack of an internationally agreed definition of climate finance makes it difficult to monitor and report climate finance flows. Photo Credit: CGIAR/Flickr
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 2, 2014

    Lessons from Mexico: Mobilizing Investment in Wind Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Thanks to government-led programs supported by international partners, Mexico installed 1240 MW of wind generation capacity by 2012. Photo credit: neusbordas/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2014

    Lessons from South Africa: Mobilizing Investment in Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    When it comes to renewable energy, South Africa has considerable, unrealized potential. Some estimate that wind power generation potential in South Africa could reach 80.54 TWh, which could be realized with an installed capacity of 30.6 GW. Photo credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development

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