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Counting Trees to Save the Woods: Using Big Data to Map Deforestation

  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
What can other big data initiatives seeking to combat climate change learn from Global Forest Watch? Photo credit: CIAT/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps

RELEASE: First Detailed Public Maps of RSPO Certified Palm Oil Concessions Released

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • sustainable development goals
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • sustainable development goals

Cultivating Accountability in REDD+

  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
While the struggle to protect the Tripa peat forest will likely continue, it illustrates a positive message for Indonesia’s forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
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Struggles in East Kalimantan Underscore Need for Better Access to Environmental Information

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Indonesia
More than 70 percent of Samarinda's land is allocated to mining concessions. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Indonesia

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency

STATEMENT: Company Concession Data Cannot Be Kept Secret

  • access to information
  • access to information

3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business
Deforestation is often associated with commodity production in Indonesia. Credit: Agung Prasetyo/CIFOR
  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business

Making the Right Choice on Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
More than 80 million Indonesians rely on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
Women in harvest ground nuts in teak forest area. Photo credit: Murdani Usman/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution
The Jakarta Declaration aims to strengthen rights to environmental information in Indonesia, China, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Photo credit: Luca Bruno/Flickr
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution

A Conversation with Nirarta “Koni” Samadhi on Indonesia’s Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Forest in Kerinci region, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo credit: Luke Mackin/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act
About 500 million people depend directly on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act

Civil Society Groups Help Make Electricity Affordable and Sustainable

  • access to information
  • electricity
  • electricity governance
  • energy access
  • governance
  • India
  • Indonesia
Civil society organizations are working to improve electricity governance in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Photo credit: mckaysavage/Flickr
  • access to information
  • electricity
  • electricity governance
  • energy access
  • governance
  • India
  • Indonesia

New Study Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for Indonesia Forest Moratorium

  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD
In May, 2011, Indonesia put into effect a two-year moratorium on the award of new concessions for exploitation of natural forests and peat lands. Photo credit: WRI
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in Para, Brazil. The situations in Brazil and Indonesia should lend a sense of urgency and purpose to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Photo Credit: Leoffreitas/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC