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Forest Fires Blaze in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park

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  • forests
  • Indonesia
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  • palm oil
Tesso Nilo is home to endangered species like the Sumatran tiger. Photo by Steve Wilson/Flickr
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
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Indonesia’s Forest Fires Reignite, Threatening Protected Areas and Peatlands

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • emissions
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Fires are again burning in Indonesia's forests. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • agriculture
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  • Indonesia
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Protecting Indonesia's Forests Is a Key Issue for Paris Climate Talks

  • Climate
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  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Indonesia
Oil palm plantation near Bengkulu, Sumatra. Photo by James Anderson/World Resources Institute.
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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
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  • 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
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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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Fires Spread Across Indonesia as Parliament Approves Haze Treaty

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  • forests
  • Indonesia
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  • palm oil
  • pollution
  • timber
Forest fires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Billy Gabriel/Flickr
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New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

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  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
  • transparency
Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim/Wikimedia Commons
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  • transparency

9 Maps that Explain the World's Forests

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Global Forest Watch is an online forest monitoring system created by the World Resources Institute and more than 40 partners. Photo credit: Marco Simola/CIFOR
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New High-Resolution Forest Maps Reveal World Loses 50 Soccer Fields of Trees Per Minute

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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring
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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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Fire Alerts Spike in Indonesia as Risk of Haze Crisis Returns

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  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
Fires burning in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, 2011. Credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy
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