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New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
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  • transparency
Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim/Wikimedia Commons
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
  • transparency

Cultivating Accountability in REDD+

  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
While the struggle to protect the Tripa peat forest will likely continue, it illustrates a positive message for Indonesia’s forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD

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
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  • 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
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  • deforestation
  • forests

9 Maps that Explain the World's Forests

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  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
Global Forest Watch is an online forest monitoring system created by the World Resources Institute and more than 40 partners. Photo credit: Marco Simola/CIFOR
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  • maps
  • palm oil

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

  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
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“Swapping Land” to Produce Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia

  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
Oil palm fruit is loaded into a truck at a plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo: James Anderson/WRI
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil

3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

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  • 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
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  • corporate sustainability
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
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Asia Pulp & Paper's Anti-Deforestation Pledge: Sign of a Changing Industry?

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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • paper
  • sustainable business
Asia Pulp & Paper committed to stop cutting down natural forests in Indonesia. Photo credit: netaholic13/Flickr
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Lacey Act
  • paper
  • sustainable business

The False Choice Between Palm Oil and Indonesian Forests

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

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

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  • 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
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  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
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Risk Free? Paper and the Lacey Act

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  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Lacey Act
Test results demonstrate that it is possible to detect potential Lacey violations for paper, thanks to modern technology.
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  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Lacey Act