Insights: WRI's Blog

Certified sustainable palm oil makes up only 20% of global trade value. How can producers and consumers work together to raise that number, and why is doing so important for Indonesia and the world?

The laws and regulations on recognition of indigenous communities and their right to land is deemed to fail without the buy-in from the communities themselves.

It is hard to imagine that a country who got their independence since 74 years ago are still depending on centralized electricity transmition, while the global trend has already moved to automatic based electricity with clean and renewable energy

The financial losses from illegal trade in fish are huge, and even bigger if you factor in the economic activity and tax revenue that would have followed from fish entering the formal economy.

This sixth part features the five Places to Watch for indications of illegal logging within the period between April 1, June 30, 2019.

This article aims to present the results of field studies that show how unplanned deforestation can occur and what approaches can be the solution.

Coral reef tourism, worth $35.8 billion globally every year, could experience revenue losses of over 90% based on the current trajectory of warming. Here's how ocean industries can try to avoid that kind of devastation.

To deal with the forest fires and climate crisis in a more systematic and structural way, Indonesia is implementing a “first of its kind” policy, known as Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI). Putting a stop to forest fires requires addressing their root cause, including making sustainable land-based investments possible.

Historically, cities have upgraded poor neighborhoods by razing and reconstructing them, often displacing residents. But to actually improve affordable housing and give residents access to services and opportunities, cities need a different approach.

Swidden agriculture is part of the livelihood (either fully or partly) for 14 to 34 million rural people in Southeast Asia.