Resources

Insights

Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Water Security
  • deforestation
  • agriculture

Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

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

Tracking Deforestation in DRC's Forest Concessions Is Complicated

  • Forests
  • commodities
  • deforestation
Road near the village of Ilanga in the DRC. Photo by Molly Bergen
  • Forests
  • commodities
  • deforestation
Insights

Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of Progress

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights

INFOGRAPHIC: Experience the Unequal Ways Communities and Companies Get Land Rights

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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

A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
A woman holding a fuel efficient stove
  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch

Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights
Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Gender
  • land rights

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo Credit: World Bank, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
Data

Cameroon: Forest Land Allocation 2009

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping

Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping

Forest Atlas of Congo

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping

Forest Atlas of Cameroon

  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping

Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • deforestation
Data
  • Forests
  • mapping
Data
  • Forests
  • mapping
Data

Cameroon: Logging Titles 1992

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset