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Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • forest monitoring
Initiatives
Workshop participants on laptops.

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

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
Technical Perspectives

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

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Climate

Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • illegal logging
While not a new problem, the scale and pervasiveness of timber laundering in Peru is astounding.  Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • illegal logging

Zooming In: “Sustainable” Cocoa Producer Destroys Pristine Forest in Peru

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
Land cleared to make way for United Cacao’s 2,000 hectare (5,000 acre) plantation.  Photo by Mongabay
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping

STATEMENT: WRI Responds to Secretary Kerry’s Speech at Lima Climate Talks

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: Países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe lanzan la Iniciativa 20x20 para restaurar 20 millones de hectáreas de tierra degradada

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • international climate policy

RELEASE: Latin American and Caribbean Countries and Regional Programs Launch Initiative 20x20 to Restore 20 Million Hectares of Land

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • international climate policy

ADVISORY: Press Teleconference on International Climate Talks in Lima (COP20)

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Insights

With Compact of Mayors, Cities Lead on Tackling Climate Change at UN Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation
Through the Compact of Mayors and parallel initiatives, cities are making ambitious commitments to curb emissions, adopting new greenhouse gas emissions measuring standards, and supporting the financing of low-carbon infrastructure. Photo Credit: Braden/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation

ADVISORY: Press Call with COP20 President and International Dignitaries on Ingredients for Success at the UN Climate Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset