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    Brazil Africa Latin America National Climate Action Urban Transformations
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    March 17, 2021

    RELEASE: National governments can reap $12 trillion in returns, create millions of new jobs, reduce emissions through low-carbon investments in cities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    • Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    December 10, 2020

    STATEMENT: Brazil Sets Weak 2030 Emission Reduction Target

    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    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
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 23, 2019

    What Can Global Forest Watch Tell Us About the Fires in Brazil?

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    GFW Satellite Fires image
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    September 13, 2018

    RELEASE: New Study Finds More Than a Quarter of Global Tree Cover Loss is Commodity-Driven Deforestation

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forest Regions at Risk Right Now

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Palm Oil Plantations in Papua, New Guinea
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Technical Blog: Caveats to the 2016 Tree Cover Loss Data, Explained

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Forest at dawn in Minas Gerais.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2017

    Land Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate Commitments

    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    view of Chapada Diamantina in Brazil
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 7, 2017

    Will Brazil Meet Its Climate Targets?

    • Buildings
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    For Brazil, the path to climate progress runs through the trees.
    • Buildings
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Forests
    Latin America
    News
    December 3, 2016

    STATEMENT: Brazil Announces Goal of Restoring 22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land by 2030

    • restoration
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    September 3, 2015

    Brasil e Indonésia Têm Dificuldades para Diminuir Desmatamento

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    September 3, 2015

    Brazil and Indonesia Struggling to Reduce Deforestation

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Cleared rainforest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rainforest Action Network/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Latin America
    News
    September 2, 2015

    RELEASE: New Global Data Finds Tropical Forests Declining in Overlooked Hotspots

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    September 2, 2015

    Datos Satelitales Recientes Resaltan 5 Áreas Soprendentes de Pérdida de Cobertura Arbórea

    • deforestation
    • coral reefs
    • data
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Camión de madera en Camerún. Foto: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR/Flickr.
    • deforestation
    • coral reefs
    • data
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Africa Latin America Asia
    Insights
    September 2, 2015

    Les Satellites Détectent 5 Points Majeurs Imprévus de Perte de la Couverture Arborée

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Camión de madera en Camerún. Foto: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR/Flickr.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Africa Latin America Asia
    Insights
    September 2, 2015

    Satellites Uncover 5 Surprising Hotspots for Tree Cover Loss

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Timber truck in Cameroon. Photo by: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR/Flickr.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 6, 2014

    Três Mapas que Ajudam a Explicar a Crise da Água em São Paulo, Brasil

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    São Paulo, Brasil. Fonte: Fernando Stankuns/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • global forest watch
    • water risk

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