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    commodities Insights
    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
    Insights
    June 2, 2016

    For Companies that Cut Protected Forests, There’s Nowhere to Hide

    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Woman holding cacao
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • 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
    Forests
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Harvesting logs in Malaysia.
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    January 25, 2016

    Forest Loss Pushes Far Beyond Plantation Boundaries in South America, Africa

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Orangutans at Camp Leakey, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • 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
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2015

    Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    While not a new problem, the scale and pervasiveness of timber laundering in Peru is astounding. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    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
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    September 9, 2015

    3 Ways to Strengthen Customary Land Rights in Indonesia

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Thirty percent of Indonesia’s territories have been handed over to private companies as concessions, with many of them overlapping with indigenous lands. Photo by Rainforest Action Network/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2015

    Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    August 3, 2015

    Beyond Cecil the Lion: How the Lacey Act Protects Wildlife and Plants around the World

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 13, 2015

    Having it All: Indonesia Can Produce Palm Oil, Protect Forests and Reap Profits

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Agricultural development, like the oil palm plantation shown here, is the largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia. Photo by Achmad Rabin Taim/Wikimedia Commons
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities

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