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Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

  • Climate
  • Forests
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  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • fossil fuels
The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
  • Climate
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  • climate change
  • extractive industries
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Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

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  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
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Putting out fires in Riau, March 2014. Photo by Julius Lawalata / WRI.
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New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

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Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim, Wikimedia Commons
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RELEASE: First Detailed Public Maps of RSPO Certified Palm Oil Concessions Released

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Three Reasons Investors Are Beginning to Take Sustainability Seriously

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  • Business
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • commodities
Palm oil plantation workers in Sumatra, Indonesia. Wilmar, a leading Asian agribusiness group, which trades more than 45 percent of the global palm oil supply, is committed to a deforestation-free supply chain. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
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3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

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  • Finance
  • climate change
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  • low carbon development
  • commodities
At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
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Photo credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2011
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Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

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  • agriculture
  • Forests
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  • illegal logging
  • mapping
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A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September of 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman, Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research
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9 Maps that Explain the World's Forests

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  • Forests
  • mapping
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Global Forest Watch is an online forest monitoring system created by the World Resources Institute and more than 40 partners. Photo credit: Marco Simola, CIFOR
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7 Stories to Watch in 2014

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  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
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  • Forests
  • Cities
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“Swapping Land” to Produce Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia

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  • Forests
  • commodities
Oil palm fruit is loaded into a truck at a plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo: WRI/ James Anderson
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Suitability Mapper

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Forest Cover Analyzer

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Indonesia Haze Risk Will Remain High Unless Ministers Keep Promises

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  • illegal logging
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Indonesian Forest Fire And Haze Risk Remains High

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  • commodities
Haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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