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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

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

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

2 Things You Need to Know about Indonesia's Forest Moratorium

  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
Indonesian forest. Photo credit: James Anderson/WRI
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency

Fire Alerts Spike in Indonesia as Risk of Haze Crisis Returns

  • extreme weather
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
Fires burning in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, 2011. Credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
  • extreme weather
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
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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

Making the Right Choice on Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
More than 80 million Indonesians rely on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
Women in harvest ground nuts in teak forest area. Photo credit: Murdani Usman/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

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

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

5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act
About 500 million people depend directly on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Lacey Act

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

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

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in Para, Brazil. The situations in Brazil and Indonesia should lend a sense of urgency and purpose to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Photo Credit: Leoffreitas/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC

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