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    Forests
    Insights
    June 3, 2019

    A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • low carbon development
    Forest on the Mamberamo River in Papua.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • low carbon development
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Resilience Bond Helps Reduce Wildfire Risk in California

    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    US Forest Service, partners and local community members visit a restoration site in the North Yuba River Watershed in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Photo by Leah Schleifer/WRI
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Forest Watcher Mobile App and Alerts Help Curb Illegal Deforestation

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Members of a community group in Riau, Indonesia, traveling by boat use WRI’s Forest Watcher app to monitor deforestation. Photo by Jikalihari/WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Insights
    April 25, 2019

    The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    jungle forest trees
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 15, 2019

    Restoring the Peruvian Amazon, One of the Most Ecologically Valuable Forests in the World

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    River guide on the Peruvian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    April 2, 2019

    PODCAST: Changing the Dynamics of Land Degradation Throughout Latin America

    • restoration
    • Forests
    Considering the miro tree in Costa Rica. Flickr/World Resources Institute. Photo by Aaron Minnick.
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 29, 2019

    PODCAST: Visiting Central Africa, with Molly Bergen

    • Forests
    A woman with a fuel-efficient cookstove.
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    March 21, 2019

    Debunking Myths: 5 Things to Know About Green Infrastructure

    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    green infrastructure
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Insights
    March 7, 2019

    California Made Headlines, but 5 Other U.S. States Also Broke Wildfire Records in 2018

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Yosemite wildfire
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    March 5, 2019

    The Data Revolution Hasn't Yet Hit Agriculture

    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    Farmer harvests wheat in Mojo, Ethiopia. Photo by Peter Lowe/CIMMYT
    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    February 21, 2019

    Indonesia Reduces Deforestation, Norway to Pay Up

    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Cyathea Papua Rain Forest Papua-Indonesia
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    January 30, 2019

    African Entrepreneurs Shine At World's First Start-up Accelerator for Land Restoration

    • restoration
    • deforestation
    A group of four people talking in a circle with a WRI poster in the background.
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

    Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    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

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