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Protecting Indonesia's Forests Is a Key Issue for Paris Climate Talks

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Oil palm plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo by James Anderson/World Resources Institute.
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Counting Trees to Save the Woods: Using Big Data to Map Deforestation

  • Climate
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  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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What can other big data initiatives seeking to combat climate change learn from Global Forest Watch? Photo credit: CIAT/Flickr
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Fires Spread Across Indonesia as Parliament Approves Haze Treaty

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Forest fires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Billy Gabriel/Flickr
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Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

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New Study Shows Indonesia Losing Primary Forest at Unprecedented Rates

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Indonesia lost more than 6 million hectares of primary forest from 2000 to 2012. Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network, Flickr
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Indonesia Fires Flare: A Foreboding Start to Dry Season in Riau

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Putting out fires in Riau, March 2014. Photo credit: Julius Lawalata/WRI.
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Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

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  • Haze
  • Indonesia
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A comprehensive, proactive fires prevention plan, with a special emphasis on key subdistricts in Riau Province—involving government, business, and NGOs—can help ensure that Indonesia’s forests continue generating economic, social, and environmental benefits for years to come. Photo credit: Wakx/Flickr
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Struggles in East Kalimantan Underscore Need for Better Access to Environmental Information

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More than 70 percent of Samarinda's land is allocated to mining concessions. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
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Fires in Indonesia Spike to Highest Levels Since June 2013 Haze Emergency

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  • POTICO
The majority of the fire alerts are concentrated in the Indonesian province of Riau, on the island of Sumatra. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
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FORMA: A Near-Real Time Alert System for Tropical Forest Loss

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The FORMA team, which started at the Center for Global Development and moved to the Data Lab at WRI, was inspired by the DETER and SAD forest monitoring systems covering the Brazilian Amazon. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr 2011
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Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

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A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September of 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research
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ASEAN Leaders Can Act to Reduce Fires and Haze

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Fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
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Indonesia Burning: Forest Fires Flare To Alarming Levels

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NASA satellites registered a total of 734 high-confidence fire alerts in Sumatra’s provinces between August 22-27. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
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New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

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The Jakarta Declaration aims to strengthen rights to environmental information in Indonesia, China, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Photo credit: Luca Bruno/Flickr
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