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Protecting Indonesia's Forests Is a Key Issue for Paris Climate Talks

  • Climate
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  • deforestation
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  • Indonesia
Oil palm plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo by James Anderson/World Resources Institute.
  • Climate
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  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Indonesia

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
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  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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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
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Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

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  • forests
  • governance
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • resource rights
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  • indigenous people
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  • resource rights

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

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  • governance
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Putting out fires in Riau, March 2014. Photo credit: Julius Lawalata/WRI.
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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
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  • Haze
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Fires in Indonesia Spike to Highest Levels Since June 2013 Haze Emergency

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  • 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
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  • Haze
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  • POTICO

Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

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  • deforestation
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  • 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
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  • Haze
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ASEAN Leaders Can Act to Reduce Fires and Haze

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

Indonesia Burning: Forest Fires Flare To Alarming Levels

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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
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