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Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • data
  • agriculture
  • forest products
  • corporate sustainability
  • commodities
Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • data
  • agriculture
  • forest products
  • corporate sustainability
  • commodities
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Outside the Spotlight, Forests and Nature Saw Important Wins at COP28

  • Forests
  • COP28
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
A man on a boat in a river surrounded by lush green forest, casting a large fishing net.
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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For Sustainability in Cocoa Production, Both Countries and Companies Need to Commit

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
Cacao farmer in Colombia. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
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A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
Oil palm
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
California wildfire
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
Indonesian palm oil
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
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As More Companies Go “Deforestation-Free,” What Does It Mean for Heavily Forested Nations?

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Oil palm plantation in Gabon
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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Growing Trees and Growing Profit: Is Your Business a “Restoration Enterprise?”

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Forests
Worker in Better Globe Forestry’s tree nursery in Kenya
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • Forests
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The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Paris Agreement
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • global forest watch
Farming field in the Amazon
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Paris Agreement
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • global forest watch
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For Companies Aiming for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains, 8 Traps to Avoid

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Forests
oil palm in Sumatra, Indonesia
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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Building a Sustainable Guitar: Mahogany

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
A twisting branch of mahogany
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Bigleaf maple forest.
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging

RELEASE: For the First Time, Companies Can Gauge Deforestation Risk by Evaluating Palm Oil Mills

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • commodities
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • commodities

RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
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Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • commodities
Harvesting logs in Malaysia.
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • commodities
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Forests Are in the Paris Agreement! Now What?

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • restoration
  • UNFCCC
Myanmar forest
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • restoration
  • UNFCCC

LandMark Puts Indigenous Peoples and Other Communities on the Global Map

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • natural infrastructure
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Maasai tribe in the Serengeti National Park.
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • natural infrastructure
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

A COP21 Surprise: Brazilian States Commit to Restore More than 3 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • NDC
Mato Grosso forest
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • NDC