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    Forests Forests
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 19, 2024

    On Former Palm Oil Plantations, Small Farmers Are Bringing Brazil’s Forests Back to Life

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Aerial view of two farmers on a small plot.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report

    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Workers repair a damaged wind turbine blade
    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2024

    By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People cycling on bike lanes in São Paulo, Brazil.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 10, 2024

    Sowing Success: 16 African Entrepreneurs Reviving Land and Growing Profits

    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    African entrepreneurs holding saplings for reforestation.
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Smoke in La Paz, Bolivia from nearby forest fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    Amid Record-Breaking Fires, Will Brazil Confront Its Climate Challenges?

    • Forests
    • fires
    A plane drops water over forest fires in Brazil
    • Forests
    • fires
    Forests
    Update
    August 8, 2024

    World Forest ID Receives Mulago Award

    • Forests
    • Forest Legality
    • illegal logging
    logging
    • Forests
    • Forest Legality
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Kenya’s Farmers Restore Lands — and Hope — After Floods

    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Kenyan farmers harvest avocados
    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    June 27, 2024

    Canada's Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Smoke from forest fires in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada in 2023
    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Forests
    Technical Perspectives
    June 26, 2024

    What Economics Does — or Doesn’t — Tell Us About the Climate Consequences of Using Wood

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    Stacks of felled trees are loaded onto a truck for transport.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    Forests
    Update
    June 26, 2024

    The Restoration Launchpad: A Guide for Investors, Landowners and Practitioners

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Farmers in a rice field in India.
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    June 18, 2024

    4 Growing Threats to Europe’s Forests: Logging, Bioenergy, Wildfires and Pests

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Logging spruce forest in Germany
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    Freshwater
    Insights
    June 5, 2024

    As Water Shortages Plague Bogotá and Other Cities, Nature-Based Solutions Can Help

    • Water Security
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • drought
    • climate change
    • urban water resilience
    • COP16
    People stand in line with buckets for water rations.
    • Water Security
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • drought
    • climate change
    • urban water resilience
    • COP16
    Forests
    Initiatives
    March 19, 2024

    Nature and Carbon Markets

    A view of the forest in Central Kalimantan.
    Finance
    Insights
    March 12, 2024

    Can 'Biodiversity Credits' Boost Conservation?

    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP16
    A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • COP16

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