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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
  • deforestation
  • 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

RELEASE: First Detailed Public Maps of RSPO Certified Palm Oil Concessions Released

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • sustainable development goals
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • sustainable development goals

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)
  • maps
  • monitoring

Making the Right Choice on Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
More than 80 million Indonesians rely on forests for their livelihoods. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

Indonesia Extends its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?

  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals
Women in harvest ground nuts in teak forest area. Photo credit: Murdani Usman/CIFOR
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • palm oil
  • sustainable development goals

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
  • access to information
  • 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
  • climate change
  • 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
  • electricity
  • energy
  • governance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals

Clean Energy, Corruption, and Case Studies on Electricity Governance

  • electricity
  • governance
  • renewable energy
Photo credit: Mskadu/Flickr
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  • governance
  • renewable energy
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Having Your Food and Forests, Too

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • sustainable development goals
Photo credit: leoffreitas/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • sustainable development goals