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    Forests restoration
    Forests
    Research
    December 5, 2015

    The Restoration Diagnostic

    Forested land
    Climate
    Insights
    November 25, 2015

    4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Agroforestry
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2015

    Our Fraying Ecosystems

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Between 2001 and 2014, the world lost on average 18 million hectares of tree cover per year (an area twice the size of Portugal). Photo by bdodane/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Forests
    Insights
    September 3, 2015

    South Africa Hosts World Forestry Congress: 4 Big Opportunities for Progress

    • data
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Illegal logging accounts for up to 90 percent of forestry activities in some key tropical production forests and 30 percent of globally traded wood. (Sumatra, Indonesia) Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • data
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 10, 2015

    Getting Governors on Board with Landscape Restoration

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Subnational programs on restoration, like Richardson’s River Ecosystem Restoration Initiative, can be found across the globe. Photo by Public Affairs/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 28, 2015

    How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 9, 2015

    Forest Landscape Restoration Is More than Planting Trees: 3 Case Studies from the Western US

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Restored forest lands in northern Oregon bring benefits to people and nature.
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    June 25, 2015

    Clear Waters: Restoring Fish, Culture and Land in Central Oregon

    • aquaculture
    • fisheries
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Oxbow Conservation area. (Oregon, United States) Photo by Aaron Reuben/IUCN.
    • aquaculture
    • fisheries
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Data
    May 21, 2015

    Scaling Up Regreening to Restore Degraded Land: Six Steps to Success

    • restoration
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Videos
    May 21, 2015

    Scaling Up Regreening Successes

    • restoration
    • restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    April 15, 2015

    Bonn Challenge 2.0: Forest and Landscape Restoration Emerges as a Key Climate Solution

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    A farmer tends his agroforestry system in Colombia. Photo by Neil Palmer of CIAT.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    Bonn Challenge On Track to Meet Land Restoration Goal by 2020

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Peter Ndunda, Technical Program Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative (right) plants a tree in the Ethiopia's Lake Abaya Region with a local man. Photo by Aaron Minnick
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    March 6, 2015

    Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration does not call for increasing tree cover beyond what would be ecologically appropriate for a particular location. Photo by Valerio Pillar/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 23, 2014

    Rebranding Bamboo for Bonn: The 5 Million Hectare Restoration Pledge

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Ethiopia is home to the largest area of natural bamboo in Africa. (Ethiopia) Photo by Bureau of IIP/Flickr.
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    December 15, 2014

    Taking Culture into Account in Restoring China’s Loess Plateau

    • restoration
    • Forests
    The trees planted on the Loess Plateau were biological settlers, foreigners to the arid landscape. (Loess Plateau, China) Photo by baggis/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • Forests

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