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    deforestation Urban Development
    Forests
    Insights
    June 28, 2022

    36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Saplings in Ireland
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    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
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    June 14, 2022

    WRI and Partners Select 4 Winners for Digital Transport for Africa Innovation Challenge

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • electric mobility
    Forests
    Insights
    April 19, 2022

    Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerial view of mist, cloud and fog hanging over a lush tropical rainforest after a storm
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    News
    April 13, 2022

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on 2021 Tree Cover Loss Data with WRI Analysis and Insights

    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Insights
    April 5, 2022

    How a New EU Regulation Can Reduce Deforestation Globally

    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Aerial footage of palm oil and the forest in Sentabai Village, West Kalimantan, 2017.
    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    March 29, 2022

    Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Restoring Land in Malawi

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women collect seeds in a Malawi field
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 29, 2022

    The Benefits and Power of Assisted Natural Regeneration

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • COP26
    Forested mountains
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • COP26
    Insights
    January 19, 2022

    From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    January 17, 2022

    Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan. Central Kalimantan.
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Insights
    December 9, 2021

    Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    Cleared land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    Business
    Insights
    November 22, 2021

    From Pledges to Action: What’s Next for COP26 Corporate Commitments

    • COP26
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • deforestation
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    Glasgow at night
    • COP26
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • deforestation
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    Forests
    News
    November 2, 2021

    STATEMENT: Glasgow Leaders Issue Declaration on Forests and Land Use

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land use
    • COP26
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land use
    • COP26
    Forests
    Insights
    October 27, 2021

    Climate Benefits of Iconic Protected Forests Are Under Threat

    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Man looks over river and World Heritage forest.
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • greenhouse gases
    Cities
    Insights
    October 19, 2021

    7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity
    • cities for all
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity
    • cities for all
    • COP26
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2021

    Cities Are Surprising Leaders in Forest Conservation

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    A large forest reaching the edge of Campinas, a city in Brazil.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    News
    September 21, 2021

    RELEASE: More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests

    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Insights
    September 3, 2021

    How Can Brazil Protect the Amazon and Advance Climate Action?

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate finance
    • biodiversity
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    Amazon rainforest
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate finance
    • biodiversity
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    Forests
    Insights
    August 25, 2021

    Smarter Farm Subsidies Can Drive Ecosystem Restoration

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • food security
    A farmer planting trees alongside farm crops in Kenya.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • food security

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