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How Much Are Ecosystems Really Worth?

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
Women in Indonesia's teak forest harvest ground nuts. Photo credit: Murdani Usman, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
Insights

One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
Data

Dataset: Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • commodities
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • commodities
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Aqueduct
Data

Portion of Agricultural Production Under High or Extremely High Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Data

Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • agriculture
  • commodities
  • mapping

Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
Insights

Learning from African Farmers: How “Re-greening” Boosts Food Security; Curbs Climate Change

  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
Insights

Food and Fuel: 2 Grand Challenges Facing Us this Earth Day

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
Insights

4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
Insights

5 Sobering Realities about Global Water Security

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • coral reefs
  • Economics
Research

Belize's Coastal Capital

Research

Growing Green