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Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance

4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • land use
Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • land use
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How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
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Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
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Harvesting Wood Has Overlooked Carbon Costs

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • land use
  • deforestation
  • Food
A loading dock filled with timber on the coast in China.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • land use
  • deforestation
  • Food
News

STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

  • Forests
  • Ocean
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Ocean
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
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  • biodiversity
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STATEMENT: Glasgow Leaders Issue Declaration on Forests and Land Use

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • land use
  • COP26
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • land use
  • COP26
Initiatives

Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.
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ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on WRI’s 2020 Tree Cover Loss Data with Analysis and Insights

  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch

How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

  • land use
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • climate impacts
  • Forests
Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
  • land use
  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • climate impacts
  • Forests
News

STATEMENT: Biden Administration Commits to Protect 30% of U.S. Land and Ocean by 2030

  • Food
  • Forests
  • conservation
  • land use
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
  • Ocean
  • protected areas
  • Food
  • Forests
  • conservation
  • land use
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
  • Ocean
  • protected areas
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The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

  • Forests
  • land use
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
A plum orchid planted in dry soil as a result of drought.
  • Forests
  • land use
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
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10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset