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    Asia North America deforestation water risk
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 9, 2023

    5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    February 14, 2023

    How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate change
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    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
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Forests
    Asia
    News
    March 16, 2021

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on WRI’s 2020 Tree Cover Loss Data with Analysis and Insights

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 23, 2020

    3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Pine trees in Rampart Lakes at dawn.
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America Africa Asia
    News
    May 19, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Global Forest Watch 2019 Tree Cover Loss Data

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    February 6, 2020

    From Coal to Renewables in China: Solving the Water Stress-Power Plant Mismatch

    • Freshwater
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Hukou Waterfall
    • Freshwater
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2020

    Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Avocado
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Freshwater
    Asia
    News
    December 5, 2019

    RELEASE: Significant Risk of Water-Related Conflict in Parts of Iraq, Iran, Mali, Nigeria, India and Pakistan Over Next 12 Months

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2019

    Deforestation Threatens the Mekong, but New Trees Are Growing in Surprising Places

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Communities like this one in Vietnam are beginning to restore their trees, especially on farms and in villages. Photo by Terry Sunderland/CIFOR.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Angeles National Forest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 24, 2019

    Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Local villagers floating past a pile of illegally logged tress in Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation

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