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IPCC Flooding
  • IPCC
  • climate change
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Flood in Surakarta, Central Java. Photo credit: Prabu Panji/Unsplash
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • vulnerability

Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland
Despite playing a major role in climate action, peatlands have been deforested and drained for agricultural lands. Photo credit: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland

'Picking Up Sinking Wood': Indigenous Villages and Reality

  • forest
  • indigenous people
The laws and regulations on recognition of indigenous communities and their right to land is deemed to fail without the buy-in from the communities themselves. Photo credit: Mario Munthe for WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • indigenous people

The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year

  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping
Primary rainforests are critically important for storing carbon and providing habitat for jaguars, orangutans, gorillas and other animals. Photo by stokpic/Pixabay
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping

Why Private Forests Should Not Be Neglected

  • forest
  • indigenous people
Into the wild: Subayang River, which parts the Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Sanctuary, has seen numerous conflicts of interests between forest administrators and local stakeholders. (The Jakarta Post/Tarko Sudiarno)
  • forest
  • indigenous people
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment
A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment

The Vision of Social Forestry in South Sumatera

  • indigenous people
Presiden Joko Widodo menyerahkan sertifikat hak atas tanah kepada masyarakat di berbagai provinsi. Kredit foto: Sekretaris Kabinet RI
  • indigenous people

Quo Vadis Social Forestry

  • forest
  • indigenous people
Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Siti Nurbaya memberikan sambutan dalam penyerahan SK Perhutanan Sosial di Taman Wisata Alam Punti Kayu, Palembang. Kredit foto: WRI Indonesia
  • forest
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Data

Half a Degree of Warming Makes a Big Difference

  • perubahan iklim
  • IPCC
  • perubahan iklim
  • IPCC
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Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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  • IPCC
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IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

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  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities
Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai. Flickr/The Climate Group
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  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities
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The world is poised to quickly blow through its "carbon budget," the amount we can emit and still keep temperature rise to 1.5°C. Photo by Marcus Wong/Wikimedia Commons
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  • climate change
  • climate science
  • IPCC
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The IPCC finds that limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C will bring less severe impacts than if the world warms by 2°C. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Ramsey/U.S. Navy
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
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8 Things You Need to Know About the IPCC 1.5˚C Report

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  • climate change
  • climate science
  • emissions
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
The world is way off track from its agreed-upon goal of limiting warming to 1.5˚C-2˚C (2.7-3.6˚ F). Photo by Chistopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons
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  • climate change
  • climate science
  • emissions
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
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A man canoeing in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Flickr/Julien Harneis
  • climate change
  • forest
  • indigenous people

Long, winding road for indigenous rights

  • indigenous people
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • indigenous people
  • Indonesia
  • land rights

As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
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  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil