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    Asia Commentary commodities Insights
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 22, 2020

    China Can Lead Global Green Trade Drive

    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Cargo chip near San Francisco
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Ocean
    Asia Europe
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    6 Recent Signs of Hope for the Ocean

    • conservation
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • coral reefs
    • biodiversity
    • Ocean
    Coral reef at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Flickr/US Fish and Wildlife Service
    • conservation
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • coral reefs
    • biodiversity
    • Ocean
    Ocean
    Asia
    Insights
    October 30, 2018

    There's Only One Ocean. This Is Its Moment.

    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Ocean
    Fisherpeople come in at sunset at Sergang Laut. Flickr/Haryadi B
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Ocean
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2018

    Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Indonesian palm oil
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 15, 2017

    Balancing Development and Forest Protection in Papua

    • Forests
    • commodities
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    August 22, 2017

    PODCAST: Indonesia's Million-Dollar Peat Prize with Frances Seymour

    • podcasts
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Orangutan mother and child in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • podcasts
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 19, 2017

    Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia, Inside and Outside Concessions Areas

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Oil palm plantation in Bogor, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 24, 2017

    6 Years After Moratorium, Satellite Data Shows Indonesia’s Tropical Forests Remain Threatened

    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Young orangutan
    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    September 19, 2016

    After Record-Breaking Fires, Can Indonesia’s New Policies Turn Down the Heat?

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    April 21, 2016

    Destruction of Tropical Peatland Is an Overlooked Source of Emissions

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Peat drainage canals
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    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
    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
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities

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