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Intact Forest Landscapes Matter for Climate Change. Here Are 3 Reasons Why.

  • climate
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Paris Agreement
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2016 Deemed the Warmest Year on Record. What’s in Store for 2017?

  • climate change
  • climate science
  • extreme weather
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Towards a More Equal City

We Know How Forests Changed this Month, Thanks to New Satellite Alerts

  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park. Photo by Tadd and Debbie Ottman/Wikimedia Commons
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)

Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires
Singapore during the 2013 haze crisis. Photo by Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
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  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires

Brazil and Indonesia Struggling to Reduce Deforestation

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
Cleared rainforest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rainforest Action Network/Flickr
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  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)

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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

High-Resolution Satellites Help Monitor and Respond to Fires in Southeast Asia

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
Forest fire in Indonesia. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

New High-Resolution Forest Maps Reveal World Loses 50 Soccer Fields of Trees Per Minute

  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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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
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  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

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
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  • electricity
  • electricity governance
  • energy access
  • governance
  • India
  • Indonesia
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3 Imperatives for the Next Global Development Agenda

  • climate change
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)
The U.N.'s new development roadmap must tackle the pressing economic and environmental challenges we face. Photo credit: Gates Foundation/Flickr
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  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)

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
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  • energy
  • governance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals

Clean Energy, Corruption, and Case Studies on Electricity Governance

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  • governance
  • renewable energy
Photo credit: Mskadu/Flickr
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  • governance
  • renewable energy