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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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The Role of Economic Valuation for Regulating Service of Mangrove Ecosystem

  • coast ecosystems
  • economic valuation
  • ecosystem services
Mangrove memiliki jasa pengaturan, yaitu sebagai benteng pertahanan alami bagi wilayah pesisir dan pulau-pulau kecil. Kredit foto: Bayu Setiawan/Unsplash
  • coast ecosystems
  • economic valuation
  • ecosystem services
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NbS mampu menghadirkan multimanfaat dan bersifat lebih adaptif daripada infrastruktur fisik. Foto: CHUTTERSNAP/Unsplash
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • flood
  • natural infrastructure
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business

3 Steps to Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation

  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • coast ecosystems
Mangroves – which improve climate resilience and protect from coastal flooding – are one example of a nature-based solution with vast economic and climate benefits. Photo by Pat Williams/Flickr
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • coast ecosystems
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WRI Indonesia’s team in a tree planting offset project in West Java, March 2019. Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
  • sustainability initiative
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Flight Decisions Matter for Climate Change

  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
For years, airlines have experimented with biofuels, aiming to reduce both carbon emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been a turbulent journey buffeted by inconsistent investment and the periodic lure of cheap oil. (Bloomberg/The Jakarta Post/File)
  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
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With Transportation Data, These Cities Became More Sustainable and Socially Inclusive

  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation
Bus in Quito. Flickr/Malcolm K.
  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation

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
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil

5 Ways Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back Against Land Seizures

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure

For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty

The View from the Bus: Better Transportation Means Better Lives

  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation

Integrating Public Transport Networks to Overcome Jakarta Traffic Congestion

  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation

5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping

How Cities Can Harness the Good—and Avoid the Bad—of the New Mobility Movement

  • cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • urban development
  • cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • urban development
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Can electric vehicles be green heroes?

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • energy
  • Indonesia
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • energy
  • Indonesia
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation

Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer

  • cities
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport
  • transportation
  • cities
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport
  • transportation