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    Forests
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 5, 2025

    4 Graphics Explain Los Angeles’ Rare and Devastating January Fires

    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    People take photos of a wildfire blazing over the L.A. hills.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    January 15, 2025

    Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    Insights
    December 19, 2024

    2024 in Review: Our Biggest Stories on People, Nature and the Climate

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Three workers installing solar panels on a roof.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • Food
    Forests
    News
    December 16, 2024

    STATEMENT: Desertification COP Produces Mixed Results on Land and Drought

    • land use
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • WRI Africa pillar
    • Climate Resilience
    • land use
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • WRI Africa pillar
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Insights
    November 25, 2024

    Finance for Women Is Key to Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A member of the Paran Women Group at a tree planting site on the slopes of the Mau Forest in Narok County, Kenya.
    • restoration
    • Gender
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 19, 2024

    On Former Palm Oil Plantations, Small Farmers Are Bringing Brazil’s Forests Back to Life

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Aerial view of two farmers on a small plot.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Europe
    News
    November 18, 2024

    STATEMENT: Proposed Amendments to EU Deforestation Law Create Dangerous Loopholes and Uncertainty

    • deforestation
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report

    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Workers repair a damaged wind turbine blade
    • NDC
    • COP29
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • National Climate Action
    • transportation
    • pollution
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    How Rethinking ‘What Is a Forest’ Can Result in More Effective Conservation

    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • international climate policy
    Villagers walking the edge of a forest
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • international climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    November 4, 2024

    UN Biodiversity Talks Stalled, but Protecting Nature Cannot Wait

    • COP16
    • biodiversity
    • Finance
    • conservation
    • restoration
    Aerial view of a river with boats on it in a lush rainforest.
    • COP16
    • biodiversity
    • Finance
    • conservation
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    November 4, 2024

    By the Numbers: The Climate Action We Need This Decade

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People cycling on bike lanes in São Paulo, Brazil.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • industry
    • transportation
    • Forests
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • carbon removal
    • COP29
    • data visualization
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 10, 2024

    Sowing Success: 16 African Entrepreneurs Reviving Land and Growing Profits

    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    African entrepreneurs holding saplings for reforestation.
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    September 30, 2024

    5 Things Countries Can Do This Year to Stop Biodiversity Loss

    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    People unload tree saplings from a river boat in the Amazon.
    • biodiversity
    • COP16
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Smoke in La Paz, Bolivia from nearby forest fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    Amid Record-Breaking Fires, Will Brazil Confront Its Climate Challenges?

    • Forests
    • fires
    A plane drops water over forest fires in Brazil
    • Forests
    • fires

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