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    Forests forest monitoring land use Insights News
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Europe
    Insights
    November 21, 2023

    Timber Harvesting and Climate Change Are Depleting Europe's Mature Forests

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    A bulldozer harvests timber in a tall, lush pine forest.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2023

    What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Forests
    Insights
    July 5, 2023

    Harvesting Wood Has Overlooked Carbon Costs

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    A loading dock filled with timber on the coast in China.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    Forests
    Europe
    News
    May 16, 2023

    STATEMENT: Landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation is Formally Adopted, Will Enter into Force 

    • deforestation
    • Forest Legality
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • Forest Legality
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    Forests
    Insights
    November 2, 2022

    The World’s Last Intact Forests Are Becoming Increasingly Fragmented

    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • forest monitoring
    A car makes its way down a road that winds through woods
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Insights
    August 11, 2022

    8 Ways Cities Can Access Sustainable Wood

    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Stacked wood planks ready for construction use
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    June 28, 2022

    36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Saplings in Ireland
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    April 27, 2022

    6 Ways the G20 Can Maximize the Role of Forests in Climate Action

    • G20
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Leaders at the G20 summit in Rome 2021
    • G20
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    April 19, 2022

    Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerial view of mist, cloud and fog hanging over a lush tropical rainforest after a storm
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 29, 2022

    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
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 Actions to Ensure Community Forestry Works in the Republic of Congo

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    News
    November 2, 2021

    STATEMENT: Glasgow Leaders Issue Declaration on Forests and Land Use

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land use
    • COP26
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land use
    • COP26
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Maintenant on peut visualiser les arbres à l'extérieur des forêts denses

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Seeing the Trees Outside of Dense Forests Just Got Easier

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 14, 2021

    Quelle est la superficie des terres africaines en cours de restauration ? Nous ne le savons pas encore

    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Monitoring restoration can means assess the impact of many different techniques in the same area, like here in Makueni County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 14, 2021

    How Much Land is Being Restored in Africa? We Don’t Yet Know

    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Monitoring restoration can means assess the impact of many different techniques in the same area, like here in Makueni County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • forest monitoring
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration

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