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5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
indigenous people
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Restoration: One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities for Economic Growth

  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • Finance
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Places to Watch: 5 Forests at Risk This Month

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
oil palm plantation
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
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3 Ways Governments Can Prevent Fake Data on Forests

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
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Costa Rica forest
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
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Forest with fog
  • deforestation
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Forests Deserve More Respect When It Comes to Climate Action

  • Forests
  • COP23
  • deforestation
Forests are vital to climate action.
  • Forests
  • COP23
  • deforestation
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A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
A woman holding a fuel efficient stove
  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch

Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
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Technical Blog: Caveats to the 2016 Tree Cover Loss Data, Explained

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Forest at dawn in Minas Gerais.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
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Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Rangers checking Forest Watcher. Photo by Lilian Pintea
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Indigenous Communities Fend Off Invaders in the Peruvian Amazon

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Settlement seen from the Ucayali River in Peru.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Meet the Experts: Q&A with Frances Seymour

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
Frances Seymour
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
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Without Forests, Jakarta's Water Situation Worsens

  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
A flooded marketplace in Jakarta.
  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
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Scientists Use Google Earth and Crowdsourcing to Map Uncharted Forests

  • carbon pricing
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Local knowledge helped researchers ground-truth desert forest tracking. (WRI)
  • carbon pricing
  • deforestation
  • Forests
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Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • restoration
Farmer-managed natural regeneration in Malawi
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • restoration
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Oil palm plantation in Bogor, Indonesia
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • commodities