Insights: WRI's Blog

The implementation of Large Scale Social Distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus has affected seafood production, distribution, and marine tourism in Indonesia. This shows us that marine and fisheries industry is still vulnerable. There are at least four ways to build a more resilient marine and fisheries industry after this pandemic.

New data from the University of Maryland (UMD), released on Global Forest Watch, shows that tropical primary forests sustained high losses in 2019. But what does this data show about the causes of loss, and how does it compare to the other estimates of loss out there?

Indonesia’s forests are critical to the food security, agricultural production, health, safety, and livelihoods of its citizens. Integrating forest into a long-term investment strategy would have at least three benefits.

The 2019 data reveals that several countries suffered record tree cover losses, and fires created astonishing impacts in primary forests and beyond.

Nature-based solutions provide economic, climate and community benefits, yet many nations are not realizing their full potential for climate adaptation.

Like many sectors, COVID-19 has disrupted the "blue economy." Though left out of many recovery conversations, there is abundant potential to build back a stronger, more resilient ocean economy that will benefit the millions of people who rely on it.

Economic recovery after COVID-19 must include efforts to bring about a fairer, more nutritious, more sustainable and more resilient global food system.

Clean energy yields an economic return 3 to 8 times higher than the initial investment, while creating jobs and reducing air pollution.

Climate change and population growth will expose more people to dangerous flooding. Investing in flood protection measures can reduce risk while helping economies rebound after COVID-19.

Marine organisms and their genes are rich sources of antiviral compounds. But the ocean genome is at risk, and only some have access to its benefits.