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From Commitment to Action: Signs of Progress Since the Paris Climate Talks

  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
Photo Credit: john.gillespie via Compfight cc
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Details of Indonesia’s Climate Plan Remain Hazy

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  • climate finance
  • Indonesia
  • landscape restoration
Wakx via Compfight cc
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  • Indonesia
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Jump-starting Clean Energy Access for the World

  • climate
  • climate finance
  • energy
  • finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Solar home systems in Bangladesh. Photo by ILO/Flickr.
  • climate
  • climate finance
  • energy
  • finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy

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

  • Climate
  • climate
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Indonesia
Oil palm plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo by James Anderson/World Resources Institute.
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  • Indonesia
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Reefs at Risk Revisited

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
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  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps

Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • resource rights
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  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • resource rights
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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
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  • access to justice
  • Indonesia

New High-Resolution Forest Maps Reveal World Loses 50 Soccer Fields of Trees Per Minute

  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring
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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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Lessons from Indonesia: Mobilizing Investment in Geothermal Energy

  • Asia
  • energy
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • investment
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
A significant part of Indonesia's geothermal potential is located in its forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Asia
  • energy
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • investment
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy

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

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  • 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
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  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution

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
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  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD