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4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch

What Could a “Bioeconomy” in the Amazon Look Like?

  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Forest Legality
Aerial view of Amazon River
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Forest Legality

The Benefits and Power of Assisted Natural Regeneration

  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • COP26
Forested mountains
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • COP26

Brazil’s Forests Are Being Restored — Now We Can See Where

  • restoration
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Regenerated forest in Extrema, Brazil
  • restoration
  • deforestation
  • Forests
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4 Ways Farmers Can Adapt to Climate Change and Generate Income

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • restoration
Farmers working on an integrated system in a farm in Paraiba Valley, Sao Paulo. The system combines crops (a native species similar to potato and corn) with palm trees. Photo by Bruno Calixto/WRI Brasil
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • restoration
Insights
Brazil fires
  • Forests
  • fires
  • forest monitoring

In a Small Amazonian Community, Agroforestry Takes Off

  • Forests
  • restoration
  • Gender
Planting native trees in Juruti. Joana Oliveira/WRI Brasil
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • Gender

WRI Experts Offer Perspective on Tropical Deforestation in Science Journal

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Deforestation, Luang Prabang, Laos
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • Forests
Insights

A Tale of Two Cities in Brazil (and the Forest that Connects Them)

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Cities
  • restoration
Salvador's city government delivers native trees to residents, as part of an effort to revitalize the surrounding Atlantic Forest. Photo by Marcelo Gandra.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Cities
  • restoration
Christ the Redeemer statue in Tijuca National park, part of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest. Photo by Chico Mendes Conservation Institute.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration

Restoring Rio de Janeiro’s Forests Could Save $79 Million in Water Treatment Costs

  • Freshwater
  • restoration
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
Rio de Janeiro is surrounded by forested hills. Photo by Carlos Ortega/Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • restoration
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality

Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Mountain gorilla
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Insights

Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Cities
  • restoration
The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Cities
  • restoration

In Brazil’s Drought-ravaged Caatinga Ecosystem, Small Farmers Know Best

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
The landscape of Caatinga, the semi-arid but extraordinarily biodiverse region of Brazil
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration

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

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests

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
Insights

Forests Will Protect Brazil, but Only If Brazil Protects Them

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • natural infrastructure
Sede do Projeto Conservador das Aguas in Brazil
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • natural infrastructure

Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Insights

Technical Blog: Caveats to the 2016 Tree Cover Loss Data, Explained

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Forest at dawn in Minas Gerais.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
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Brazil’s Fruitful Example: Açaí

  • Forests
  • restoration
açaí picker in Brazil
  • Forests
  • restoration
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset