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    Forests Data Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Intact Forest Landscapes Matter for Climate Change. Here Are 3 Reasons Why.

    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Awash in Green and Gold: The Emerging Restoration Economy in Kenya

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    seedling in a Kenyan nursery
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Finance
    Insights
    January 18, 2017

    Save the Forests? There's Now an App for That

    • Forests
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Insights
    January 12, 2017

    Seeing Israeli Forests for More than Just Trees

    • fires
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    An aircraft flying over Mount Carmel
    • fires
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 23, 2016

    Brazil’s Proposed Environmental Laws Would Weaken Indigenous Rights, Forfeit Billions in Economic Benefits

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Yudja man in Amazon forest
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 12, 2016

    INFOGRAPHIC: 4 Ways to Make Money in Land Restoration

    • Forests
    • restoration
    father with daughter in flower field
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Brazilian Government Announces 29 Percent Rise in Deforestation in 2016

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Aerial shot of forest and agricultural landscapes in Brazil
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Insights
    December 1, 2016

    PODCAST: The Sounds of Sustainability

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • podcasts
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Credit: Flickr/Javier Morales
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • podcasts
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    November 30, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Mahogany

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    A twisting branch of mahogany
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Africa
    Insights
    November 18, 2016

    African Nations Poised to Rapidly Accelerate Landscape Restoration

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Restoration project in Kenya
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Insights
    November 10, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change

    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Brazilian state of Acre
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 3, 2016

    WRI Expert Forum: How Should COP22 Move the Needle on Climate Action?

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP22
    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP22
    • Climate
    Forests
    Insights
    November 3, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Ebony

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Latin America
    Data
    October 28, 2016

    Infographic: The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Restoring Degraded Land in Latin America Can Bring Billions in Economic Benefits

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forest in Brazil
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2016

    U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Forests
    Insights
    October 17, 2016

    UN Issues New Protections for Rosewood Trees, the “Ivory of the Forest”

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Rosewood stockpile
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Insights
    October 13, 2016

    3 Steps Toward Growing the Funds for Restoration

    • restoration
    • Finance
    • Forests
    A nursery for restoration in Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • restoration
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Data
    October 6, 2016

    INFOGRAPHIC: Why Invest in Indigenous Lands?

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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