2023 Top Outcomes

National park rangers in Madagascar are curbing deforestation by using WRI’s Forest Watcher app. WRI also played a pivotal role in designating the Andrefana Dry Forest as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

WRI worked closely with local governments, community organizations and others to develop 30 nature-based projects throughout the Indian cities of Kochi, Mumbai and Jaipur. The projects inspired a national forum dedicated to urban nature-based solutions.

WRI Indonesia helped secure “mukim customary forest” designations for more than 22,000 hectares of land, establishing legal land rights for more than 50,000 people from Indigenous and local communities.

WRI India supported India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in developing the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, which will bring 10,000 electric buses to underserved cities around the country.

WRI and partners mobilized a unique coalition of governments and organizations to halt criminal activities responsible for deforestation, wildlife trafficking, illegal logging and more.

A fund co-managed by WRI mobilized $46.5 million to help resource-strapped countries set and implement ambitious climate action plans.

WRI Indonesia’s Cities4Forests initiative supported Jakarta in improving equal access to green space and building urban climate resilience by establishing 54 new urban parks.

Leveraging WRI resources and support through the Kadin Net Zero Hub — a joint initiative of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, WRI Indonesia and partners — 80 companies in Indonesia’s industrial sector are working to understand and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

With support from WRI’s Coolfood initiative, 23 hospital systems in the United States reduced their per-plate food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 21%.

Ten cities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo worked with WRI’s Complete Streets Network to implement road safety measures that reduced traffic fatalities.