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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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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • environmental democracy
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • environmental democracy
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Insights

Perimeter Defense: 4 Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping
Some forest managers are using drones to monitor trees and wildlife. Photo by John Mills/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping

Protect Wildlife, Save Oceans and Reduce Civic Unrest—With Data

  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development
Global Fishing Watch uses satellite data to track fishing vessels around the world in near-real time. Image by Global Fishing Watch
  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development
Insights

New Technology Can Help Ensure that Protected Areas Stay Protected

  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
The world has more than 177,000 protected areas, all of which require proper management to prevent harmful and illegal activities. Photo credit: Garrett Ziegler, Flickr
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
Insights

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

Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
News

STATEMENT: Company Concession Data Cannot Be Kept Secret

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental democracy

Saving the World's Forests: A Technology Revolution to Curb Illegal Logging

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping
Our future is inextricably linked to forests. The social and economic benefits they provide are essential to realizing a sustainable century. Photo credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2008
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping