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    restoration Insights
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    Restoring Rio de Janeiro’s Forests Could Save $79 Million in Water Treatment Costs

    • Water
    • restoration
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Rio de Janeiro is surrounded by forested hills. Photo by Carlos Ortega/Flickr
    • Water
    • restoration
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 13, 2018

    Malawi is Putting its Money Where its Forests Are

    • Forests
    • restoration
    Malawian youth in garden
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up

    • Forests
    • COP24
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • restoration
    Extrema, Brazil plantation
    • Forests
    • COP24
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    November 26, 2018

    Young Entrepreneurs See Business Opportunity in Rural Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • Business
    • restoration
    Farmers who just bought Safi Sarvi fertilizer
    • Business
    • restoration
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 16, 2018

    Local Communities Restore Two of Indonesia's Most Threatened National Parks

    • restoration
    • Forests
    Satrio Adi Wicaksono (WRI), Wiratno (Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation), and Khouni Lomban Rawung (Ambassador for Celebes crested macaque conservation), at the National Conservation Day Celebration. Credit: WRI Indonesia
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Water
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Water
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Water
    Asia
    Insights
    October 5, 2018

    PODCAST: Putting People at the Heart of Restoring Degraded Land

    • podcasts
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Gatsibo District Forest Officer, agronomists and farmer representatives participate in a social network analysis workshop. Credit: WRI/Kathleen Buckingham
    • podcasts
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 28, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

    • Food
    • Economics
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
    • Food
    • Economics
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    September 5, 2018

    Aligning Ambitions: The Case for Including Restoration Targets in Climate Goals

    • Forests
    • COP24
    • National Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Tree-planting in the Lake Abaya watershed of Southern Ethiopia (Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI)
    • Forests
    • COP24
    • National Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    August 7, 2018

    Radio Helps Niger Farmers Bring Life Back to Their Land

    • Forests
    • restoration
    Restored landscapes now thrive across Niger. Credit: Gray Tappan/USGS
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 21, 2018

    In Brazil’s Drought-ravaged Caatinga Ecosystem, Small Farmers Know Best

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    The landscape of Caatinga, the semi-arid but extraordinarily biodiverse region of Brazil
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    A farmer in central Malawi plants groundnuts.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    April 20, 2018

    Forests: The Cinderella of Climate Solutions

    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Elena Ringo's Illustration of Cinderella
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    April 19, 2018

    To Regreen Rwanda, Empower Farmers. Here Are 5 Ways to Begin

    • restoration
    Minister of Environment Hon. Vincent Biruta at a restoration project in Rwanda.
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    March 19, 2018

    Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Cleared land in Costa Rica
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    March 16, 2018

    Redefining Business with Environmental Restoration

    • Business
    • Forests
    • restoration
    A tree-planting project in Patagonia
    • Business
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 13, 2018

    This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Planting trees in Rwanda
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    January 18, 2018

    From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration
    Costa Rica restoration
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration

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