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Better care for locals and the ocean to make Indonesia’s blue economy more viable

  • Ocean
  • food
  • coast ecosystems
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
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  • Ocean
  • food
  • coast ecosystems
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
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  • sustainable urban mobility

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
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Crowdfunding for Trees: Manifesting Our Concern for a Better Life

  • Build Back Better
  • climate
  • re-greening
Crowdfunding has become key as it organizes small contributions collectively, making a huge impact.
  • Build Back Better
  • climate
  • re-greening

Biking Provides a Critical Lifeline During the Coronavirus Crisis

  • coronavirus
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • transport
An emergency bike lane in Bogotá, Colombia, March 2020. Photo by Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero Bermudez/iStock
  • coronavirus
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • transport
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Perkampungan nelayan di Pantai Utara Jakarta. Kredit foto: Sakinah Ummu Haniy/WRI Indonesia
  • Build Back Better
  • fisheries
  • oceans
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Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment
In the wake of COVID-19, we must identify recovery approaches that create jobs and economic growth, while building global resilience against climate change and other crises. Photo by HCC Public Information Office/Flickr.
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment

Déjà vu: Anticipating the Impacts of Economic Crisis on Indonesia’s Forests

  • Climate
  • Build Back Better
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • forest
Protecting Indonesia's forests will provide an important contribution to Indonesia's ability to adapt to the climate change already in train. Photo by Yusuf Ahmad for WRI Indonesia
  • Climate
  • Build Back Better
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • forest
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Build Back Better: Fighting the Pandemic and Individual Emissions Together

  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions
By avoiding travel and staying at home, we fight the coronavirus pandemic and reducing individual emissions at the same time. Photo by Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash
  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions

A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests

  • agroforestry
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • sustainable development goals
Forest on the Mamberamo River in Papua. Flickr/CIFOR
  • agroforestry
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • sustainable development goals
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6 Recent Signs of Hope for the Ocean

  • biodiversity
  • coral reefs
  • oceans
Coral reef at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by US Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr
  • biodiversity
  • coral reefs
  • oceans
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Taking Stock of Indonesia’s Progress

  • climatewatchindonesia
  • climate change
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
Pontianak traffic near Kapuas bridge in West Kalimantan, Indonesia / Credit: Ramadian Bachtia/CIFOR
  • climatewatchindonesia
  • climate change
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions

Local Communities Restore Two of Indonesia's Most Threatened National Parks

  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Satrio Adi Wicaksono (WRI), Wiratno (Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation), and Khouni Lomban Rawung (Ambassador for Celebes crested macaque conservation), at the National Conservation Day Celebration. Credit: WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
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By the Numbers: The Value of Tropical Forests in the Climate Change Equation

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
Community groups visit a site of tree clearing in Riau, Indonesia. Flickr/WRI
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
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Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration

Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • palm oil
  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • palm oil
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia. Photo by Aul Rah/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
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  • cities
  • forests
  • water
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Aligning Ambitions: The Case for Including Restoration Targets in Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
Tree-planting in the Lake Abaya watershed of Southern Ethiopia (Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI)
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration