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by , , and - This paper discusses the use of near-real-time deforestation alerts to combat illegal deforestation in Peru, as well as the enabling conditions and challenges to the use of this data.
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by Sakinah Ummu Haniy, Hidayah Hamzah and Mirzha Hanifah - October 07, 2019According to data displayed on Global Forest Watch Fires, there have been 66,000 fire alerts in Indonesia from January through the end of September. While this is much lower than fire levels in 2015 — which saw more than 110,000 alerts at the end of September — it far exceeds levels in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
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by Edie Juno and Sarah Hines - October 04, 2019Baltimore is one of many cities coping with the problem of urban wood waste from damaged trees, construction lumber and yard trimmings. Salvaging that wood can cut landfill waste, create jobs, engage local communities and refill municipal coffers.
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by Katie Reytar, Fred Stolle and Will Anderson - October 02, 2019Southeast Asia's Mekong region has lost much of its forests. A new satellite imagery technique reveals countries like Thailand are reversing the trend, not just in forests but on farms and villages too.
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by Deborah Drew and Peter Boal - September 25, 2019Research shows that ambition to tackle big sustainability problems can emerge when the private and public sector recognize and reciprocate one another's efforts. Right now, one such "ambition loop," which aims to reduce deforestation related to your chocolate bars, is in danger of stalling out.
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Five leading environmental organizations join forces to help curb climate and extinction crises by safeguarding world’s intact forests.
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by Edward Davey - September 16, 2019As deforestation and land use issues get more global attention, leaders shouldn't forget the people living on these lands. A new report from the Food and Land Use Coalition outlines solutions that help rural and forest communities thrive.
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Statement from Craig Hanson, WRI Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & The Ocean, following the release of a new report to assess progress on the New York Declaration of Forests (NYDF).
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by Maite Knorr-Evans and Meaghan Parker-Forney - September 03, 2019We tested 73 wood products from well-known US retailers. More than half the time, the wood wasn't even the species it was labeled to be.
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The Land Accelerator returns to Nairobi! This is the world’s first startup bootcamp for entrepreneurs in sustainable agriculture and forestry. The 15 startups were chosen from 335 applicants and represent 9 African countries. At this Demo Day event, the entrepreneurs will make brief pitches about their companies and will be available to answer questions.
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by Frances Seymour and Nancy Harris - August 29, 2019Frances Seymour, a WRI Distinguished Senior Fellow, and Nancy Harris, Research Manager at Global Forest Watch, offer their expert perspective on tropical deforestation in the journal Science as the world's attention is riveted on fires in the Amazon and around the globe.
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by Erin Gray, Suzanne Ozment, Juan-Carlos Altamirano, Rafael Feltran-Barbieri and Ana Gabriela Morales - August 2019Building on recent applications in Latin America, this paper overviews WRI’s Green-Gray Assessment method, and provides recommendations for applications.
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by Nancy Harris, Donna Lee, Thailynn Munroe and Sarah Ruiz - August 19, 2019Most communities overlook a critical tool in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions: trees. One of the reasons is that they don’t know how to account for forests and trees in their emissions inventories.
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by Frances Seymour and David Gibbs - August 08, 2019The latest IPCC report confirms a lot we already knew about the relationship between tropical forests and climate change, as well as reveals some relatively new science about how forests interact with the atmosphere. The bottom line? Protecting forests—especially tropical forests—is one of the most important strategies for both climate mitigation and adaptation.
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by Hannah Mowat and Peter Veit - August 08, 2019Indigenous peoples and other local communities have long argued that they play a central role in safeguarding more than half the world’s land, including much of its forests. The world’s leading climate scientists now agree.
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by Kelly Levin - August 08, 2019A new IPCC report found there could be significant benefits to land-based carbon removal, such as through afforestation and restoration. But if deployed incorrectly, these strategies could create greater pressures on land and compromise food security and ecosystem health.
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by Kelly Levin and Sarah Parsons - August 08, 2019The latest IPCC report finds that while land sequesters almost a third of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, it will be impossible to limit temperature rise to safe levels without fundamentally changing the way the world produces food and manages land.
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Washington Forest Legality Week is intended to enable dialogue and inspire action and partnerships to more effectively implement and monitor timber trade legality and due diligence measures. It is a multi-stakeholder, international event, drawing stakeholders from governments, the private sector, civil society, the scientific community, and service providers such as timber certification bodies. The main meeting will take place over three days and is designed to accommodate a range of side meetings and interactions convened during the entire week by partner organizations.
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by Arief Wijaya, Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi and Reidinar Juliane - July 24, 2019While Indonesia is one of few countries actually reducing its deforestation, key provinces are still losing primary forests and peat.
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