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February 29, 2024

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

Outcomes

December 22, 2016

Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

Top Outcome: 2016

Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute

Top Outcome: 2016

Outcomes

December 22, 2016

Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

Top Outcome: 2016

Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr

Top Outcome: 2016

Outcomes

December 22, 2016

African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

Top Outcome: 2016

Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr

Top Outcome: 2016

Insights

March 27, 2014

4 Actions Companies Can Take to Source Legal Wood

forest products
Forests
illegal logging
corporate sustainability
Business

Some countries have harvest or export bans on certain species or certain forms of harvested timber. It is important for companies to consider which timber species they are using and where they are purchasing from. Photo credit: Tim Gage, Flickr 2007

forest products
Forests
illegal logging
corporate sustainability
Business

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