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    Africa Asia Food Loss and Waste Forests freedom of information
    Asia
    Insights
    February 23, 2016

    Crisis Response: When Trees Stop Storms and Deserts in Asia

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    Mangrove forest in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    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
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 29, 2016

    Looking Back on 5 Years of Forest Outcomes

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Tree Planting and Degraded Landscape, Ethiopia
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    Palm Oil Mill Data: A Step Towards Transparency

    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Palm oil plantation
    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    African Countries Aim to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Africa
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Technical Perspectives
    December 1, 2015

    INSIDER: What’s Your Benchmark? Using the GFW Climate Platform to Identify Clearer Targets

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    25 Years of So-Called “Sustainable Forest Management” in Sarawak

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Land clearing for oil palm development in Sarawak, Malaysia.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 29, 2015

    With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 26, 2015

    3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 25, 2015

    Kebakaran di Indonesia Menghasilkan Polusi Udara dengan Level “Sangat Berbahaya” di Singapura

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Sumber foto: Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2015

    Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Draft Climate Plan (INDC): A Good Start, but Improvements Necessary for Success

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A large portion of Indonesia's emissions come from deforestation and land-use change. Photo by Hari Priyadi/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia Reach Crisis Levels

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    A fire in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 9, 2015

    3 Ways to Strengthen Customary Land Rights in Indonesia

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Thirty percent of Indonesia’s territories have been handed over to private companies as concessions, with many of them overlapping with indigenous lands. Photo by Rainforest Action Network/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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

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