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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy

For Rural Communities, Protecting Land Is a Better Investment than Deforestation

  • Food
  • Forests
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
In India's Narmada District, legal recognition of communities' land rights have enabled villages to invest in sustainable, more productive land management. Photo by...
  • Food
  • Forests
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Local villagers floating past a pile of illegally logged tress in Indonesia
  • Forests
  • deforestation
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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
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Indonesia Reduces Deforestation, Norway to Pay Up

  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Cyathea Papua Rain Forest Papua-Indonesia
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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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
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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
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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

Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Mountain gorilla
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
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Using Forest Watcher in the Leuser Ecosystem to record evidence of a new palm oil plantation.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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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

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
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3 Ways Governments Can Prevent Fake Data on Forests

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
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Balancing Development and Forest Protection in Papua

  • Forests
  • commodities
Oil palm plantation
  • Forests
  • commodities
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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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Without Forests, Jakarta's Water Situation Worsens

  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
A flooded marketplace in Jakarta.
  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
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Oil palm plantation in Bogor, Indonesia
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • commodities
Aguaje trees in Peru.
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
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Oil palm plantation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • commodities
logging truck transporting timber
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • illegal logging