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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

Fires Spread Across Indonesia as Parliament Approves Haze Treaty

  • air quality
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
  • pollution
  • timber
Forest fires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Billy Gabriel/Flickr
  • air quality
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
  • pollution
  • timber

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

Indonesia Fires Flare: A Foreboding Start to Dry Season in Riau

  • fire
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Putting out fires in Riau, March 2014. Photo credit: Julius Lawalata/WRI.
  • fire
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

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

Fires in Indonesia Spike to Highest Levels Since June 2013 Haze Emergency

  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO
The majority of the fire alerts are concentrated in the Indonesian province of Riau, on the island of Sumatra. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO

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

ASEAN Leaders Can Act to Reduce Fires and Haze

  • data
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO
Fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
  • data
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO

Indonesia Burning: Forest Fires Flare To Alarming Levels

  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
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
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

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

Restoring the World's Forests While Feeding the Poor

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