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    Forests deforestation Energy sustainable development goals Insights News
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 29, 2016

    Looking Back on 5 Years of Forest Outcomes

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Tree Planting and Degraded Landscape, Ethiopia
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    January 25, 2016

    Forest Loss Pushes Far Beyond Plantation Boundaries in South America, Africa

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Orangutans at Camp Leakey, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    January 20, 2016

    Zooming In: The Real Reasons for Tree Cover Loss and Gain in Minnesota’s Oak Savanna

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Oak trees in Minnesota.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2016

    Forests Are in the Paris Agreement! Now What?

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Myanmar forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 22, 2015

    A COP21 Surprise: Brazilian States Commit to Restore More than 3 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • NDC
    Mato Grosso forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • NDC
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    Palm Oil Mill Data: A Step Towards Transparency

    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Palm oil plantation
    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    Forest Agenda at COP21 Gathers Steam, but Faces Headwinds

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Brazil forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Africa
    Latin America Africa Asia
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    November 25, 2015

    4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Agroforestry
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    25 Years of So-Called “Sustainable Forest Management” in Sarawak

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Land clearing for oil palm development in Sarawak, Malaysia.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    November 9, 2015

    3 Trends in US Wildfires

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    November 6, 2015

    Perimeter Defense: 4 Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Some forest managers are using drones to monitor trees and wildlife. Photo by John Mills/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Asia
    Insights
    October 29, 2015

    With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 26, 2015

    3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 25, 2015

    WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2015

    Our Fraying Ecosystems

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Between 2001 and 2014, the world lost on average 18 million hectares of tree cover per year (an area twice the size of Portugal). Photo by bdodane/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Insights
    September 21, 2015

    Leveraging the Power of the Crowd to Identify Illegal Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • mapping
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia Reach Crisis Levels

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    A fire in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Forests
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    September 3, 2015

    Brasil e Indonésia Têm Dificuldades para Diminuir Desmatamento

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch

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