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    Forests Asia North America climate change Forests restoration Initiatives Insights
    Asia
    Insights
    July 24, 2019

    Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Local villagers floating past a pile of illegally logged tress in Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    February 21, 2019

    Indonesia Reduces Deforestation, Norway to Pay Up

    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Cyathea Papua Rain Forest Papua-Indonesia
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 16, 2018

    Local Communities Restore Two of Indonesia's Most Threatened National Parks

    • restoration
    • Forests
    Satrio Adi Wicaksono (WRI), Wiratno (Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation), and Khouni Lomban Rawung (Ambassador for Celebes crested macaque conservation), at the National Conservation Day Celebration. Credit: WRI Indonesia
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 6, 2018

    Indonesia's Last Forest Frontier: 3 Facts to Know About Papua

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    Forest in Baliem Valley, West Papua. Flickr/Axel Drainville
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Asia
    Insights
    October 5, 2018

    PODCAST: Putting People at the Heart of Restoring Degraded Land

    • podcasts
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Gatsibo District Forest Officer, agronomists and farmer representatives participate in a social network analysis workshop. Credit: WRI/Kathleen Buckingham
    • podcasts
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2018

    DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging – and You Can Help

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Asia Latin America North America
    Insights
    May 14, 2018

    Forests Could Be Casualties in a U.S.-China Trade War

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    May 3, 2018

    Global Forest Watch GLAD Alerts Help Protect Sumatra’s Leuser Rainforest Ecosystem

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Using Forest Watcher in the Leuser Ecosystem to record evidence of a new palm oil plantation.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    April 17, 2018

    2 Ways for China to Play a Bigger Role in Protecting Global Forests

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    China is the world's largest timber market.
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2018

    Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Indonesian palm oil
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forest Regions at Risk Right Now

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Palm Oil Plantations in Papua, New Guinea
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    December 5, 2017

    3 Ways Governments Can Prevent Fake Data on Forests

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 17, 2017

    California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    flight deck of the MAFFS 6
    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    October 15, 2017

    Balancing Development and Forest Protection in Papua

    • Forests
    • commodities
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    September 18, 2017

    As Wildfires Scorch U.S. Forests, Forest Resilience Bond Blazes a New Trail

    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Firefighter in Arizona.
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    August 22, 2017

    PODCAST: Indonesia's Million-Dollar Peat Prize with Frances Seymour

    • podcasts
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Orangutan mother and child in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • podcasts
    • Forests
    • commodities

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