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    Forests carbon capture and storage (CCS) greenhouse gas accounting
    Forests
    Insights
    September 23, 2020

    Young Forests Capture Carbon Quicker than Previously Thought

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    • Climate
    A small sapling growing out of a piece of wood.
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    • Climate
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Angeles National Forest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Resilience Bond Helps Reduce Wildfire Risk in California

    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    US Forest Service, partners and local community members visit a restoration site in the North Yuba River Watershed in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Photo by Leah Schleifer/WRI
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Watcher Mobile App and Alerts Help Curb Illegal Deforestation

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Members of a community group in Riau, Indonesia, traveling by boat use WRI’s Forest Watcher app to monitor deforestation. Photo by Jikalihari/WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    March 19, 2018

    Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Cleared land in Costa Rica
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 2, 2014

    Why Community Forest Rights Should Be Part of National Climate Change Policies

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • land rights
    • UNFCCC
    Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is 11 times lower in community forests with strong legal recognition than in other parts of the region. Photo by Kate Evans/Center for International Forestry Research
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • international climate policy
    • land rights
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Data
    March 3, 2009

    U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Sinks, 2006

    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • Forests
    • U.S. policy
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • Forests
    • U.S. policy

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