Insights: WRI's Blog

This sixth edition features the Top 5 Places to Watch for indications of illegal logging between April 1 and 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.

In pursuing even greater ambition in President Jokowi’s second term, Indonesia could be a beacon to the world, at a time when environmental leadership is sorely needed. It could also inspire other countries in the region, as well as in the Group of 20, to raise their game.

To understand Indonesia's climate prognosis, look at the sectors and provinces where emissions originate.

Before One Map Policy, Ministries, Government Agencies' and Local Governments' data, maps and geospatial information are a silo. As a result, more land-use overlaps occur which causing land conflicts in Indonesia. The presence of One Map Policy can be used to resolve these conflicts.

We move from one place to another. From one point within a city to another. From one city to another. From one country to another. Such movement is difficult to avoid, but did you know that such travel has massive environmental impact?