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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

8 Percent of World's Remaining Pristine Forests Degraded Since 2000

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests
Forest fragmentation is caused by the expansion of logging, mining and development activities. Photo credit: Angela Sevin, Flickr
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests

Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • resource rights
  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • resource rights

New Study Shows Indonesia Losing Primary Forest at Unprecedented Rates

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
Indonesia lost more than 6 million hectares of primary forest from 2000 to 2012. Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network, Flickr
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia

Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
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
  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

FORMA: A Near-Real Time Alert System for Tropical Forest Loss

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • forests
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
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • forests

Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September of 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

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

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

The False Choice Between Palm Oil and Indonesian Forests

  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Indonesia exported $19.7 billion of crude palm oil in 2011. Photo Credit: Beth Gingold/WRI
  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

2 New Tools Can Cut Deforestation and Support Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia

  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
WRI recently released two new online mapping applications designed to help the palm oil industry grow while avoiding deforestation. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Degraded land in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Sekala
  • agriculture
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

A New Approach to Feeding the World

  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Africa
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • ecosystem services
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

Between Populism and Price Increases: Who Will Pay for the Cost of Renewable Energy?

  • electricity
  • energy
  • governance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
Photo credit: our-planet/Flickr
  • electricity
  • energy
  • governance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals

Restoring the World's Forests While Feeding the Poor

  • agriculture
  • forests
  • Indonesia
Photo credit: Matthew Steil/WRI
  • agriculture
  • forests
  • Indonesia

Clean Energy, Corruption, and Case Studies on Electricity Governance

  • electricity
  • governance
  • renewable energy
Photo credit: Mskadu/Flickr
  • electricity
  • governance
  • renewable energy
Insights

Having Your Food and Forests, Too

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • sustainable development goals
Photo credit: leoffreitas/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • sustainable development goals