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Asia
Asia
Insights
July 24, 2019

Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain

  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • tree cover loss
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
Local villagers floating past a pile of illegally logged tress in Indonesia
  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • tree cover loss
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
Food
News
November 20, 2018

ADVISORY: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future

  • peatlands
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • GHG emissions
  • reforestation
  • sustainable agriculture
  • peatlands
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • GHG emissions
  • reforestation
  • sustainable agriculture
Asia
Asia
Insights
November 6, 2018

Indonesia's Last Forest Frontier: 3 Facts to Know About Papua

  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
  • sustainable development
Forest in Baliem Valley, West Papua. Flickr/Axel Drainville
  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
  • sustainable development
Cities
Asia
Insights
October 1, 2018

How Scientists Used Lasers, Satellites and Planes to Map One of Indonesia's Biggest Sources of Emissions

  • Indonesia
  • Forests
  • peatlands
Traveling through canals to reach the Katingan Peatland Reserve.
  • Indonesia
  • Forests
  • peatlands
Asia
Asia
Insights
August 14, 2018

Indonesia's Deforestation Dropped 60 Percent in 2017, but There's More to Do

  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • tree cover loss
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
Fog over the forest in Kerinci-Seblat National Park. Flickr/Luke Macklin
  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • tree cover loss
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia
Insights
January 29, 2018

To Save Indonesia’s Carbon-Rich Peatlands, Start by Mapping Them

  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Indonesia
  • maps
Peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Indonesia
  • maps
Forests
Asia
Insights
August 22, 2017

PODCAST: Indonesia's Million-Dollar Peat Prize with Frances Seymour

  • peatlands
  • podcasts
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Orangutan mother and child in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
  • peatlands
  • podcasts
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Forests
Asia
Insights
April 21, 2016

Destruction of Tropical Peatland Is an Overlooked Source of Emissions

  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • degraded lands
  • agriculture
  • Indonesia
  • maps
  • palm oil
Peat drainage canals
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • degraded lands
  • agriculture
  • Indonesia
  • maps
  • palm oil
Forests
Asia
Insights
March 10, 2016

What Indonesia Doesn’t Know About Peatlands Could Undermine its Climate Goals

  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • maps
  • wetlands
Peat swamp forests of the Katingan Peatland Reserve in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • maps
  • wetlands
Forests
Asia
Insights
July 1, 2015

Indonesia’s Forest Fires Reignite, Threatening Protected Areas and Peatlands

  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • indonesia forest fires
  • maps
  • palm oil
Fires are again burning in Indonesia's forests. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • peatlands
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • indonesia forest fires
  • maps
  • palm oil
Climate
Asia
Insights
April 3, 2014

Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • Indonesia
  • indonesia forest fires
Each time Indonesia experiences a fires crisis, its economy and communities suffer terribly. Fighting the fires once they are ablaze is ineffective, extremely expensive, and dangerous for firefighters and surrounding communities. Photo credit: Wakx, Flickr 2007
  • Forests
  • peatlands
  • Indonesia
  • indonesia forest fires

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