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Drying Peat, Losing Farmers!

  • peat
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
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  • peat
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

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
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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
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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • coal
  • coronavirus
  • economy
  • energy
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • renewable energy
A green stimulus can help Indonesia build back better from COVID-19. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • coal
  • coronavirus
  • economy
  • energy
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • renewable energy
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Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment
In the wake of COVID-19, we must identify recovery approaches that create jobs and economic growth, while building global resilience against climate change and other crises. Photo by HCC Public Information Office/Flickr.
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment

The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • food security
  • restorasi hutan
Areas of Indonesia are at high risk of erosion, which can threaten agricultural productivity. Photo by Danumurthi Mahendra/USAID
  • agriculture
  • degraded land
  • food security
  • restorasi hutan

Peatlands Must Stay Wet

  • forest restoration
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • restorasi hutan
Abdul Manan, memperbaiki sekat kanal, kala Presiden Joko Widodo, datang ke Desa Sungai Tohor, Riau, akhir November 2014. Warga berupaya menahan air agar tak lepas dengan membuat sekat-sekat di kanal. Kredit foto: Indra Nugraha/ Mongabay Indonesia
  • forest restoration
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • restorasi hutan
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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

Indonesia Primary Forest Loss in Protected Peat

  • deforestation
  • forest
  • peat
  • peatland
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • peat
  • peatland

Restoration Target vs. Degraded Land in National Parks by Region

  • data
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • forest restoration
  • data
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • forest restoration

PODCAST: Putting People at the Heart of Restoring Degraded Land

  • degraded land
  • forest restoration
Gatsibo District Forest Officer, agronomists and farmer representatives participate in a social network analysis workshop. Credit: WRI/Kathleen Buckingham
  • degraded land
  • forest restoration
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia. Photo by Aul Rah/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
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Lahan gambut di Desa Perambatan, Sumatera Selatan. Foto oleh Josefhine Chitra/WRI Indonesia
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • peatland
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Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment
Solar panels and wind turbines. Photo by Kenueone/Pixabay
  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment

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
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
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  • economics
  • peat
  • peatland

Global Forest Watch GLAD Alerts Help Protect Sumatra’s Leuser Rainforest Ecosystem

  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)

Intensification by Smallholder Farmers Is Key To Achieving Indonesia’s Palm Oil Targets

  • Forests & Land Use
  • commoditites
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable agriculture
  • Forests & Land Use
  • commoditites
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable agriculture

3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals