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Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by Julius Lawalata/WRI
  • Fires
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
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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
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Beef production has an outsized climate impact compared to other foods. Photo by SDA Natural Resources Conservation Service/Wikimedia Commons
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
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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

We’ve Woken Up to Plastic Waste. Is Food Waste Next?

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
Rotten fruits.
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste

Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business
  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business

Choose or Lose: Why Gisele and I Are Shifting to a Sustainable Diet

  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security

Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts

  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food
  • food security
  • water
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food
  • food security
  • water

Rethinking the Buffet: 3 Things Hotels Can Do Now to Reduce Food Waste

  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
Food buffet.
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
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This Flavor-Packed Burger Saves As Many Emissions As Taking 2 Million Cars Off the Road

  • agriculture
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food security
  • agriculture
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food security

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

Why 2018 Is the Year for Business to Step Up Climate Action

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • business
  • economics
  • World Economic Forum
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • business
  • economics
  • World Economic Forum

Achieving Palm Oil Traceability in Indonesia’s Complex Supply Chain

  • Forests & Land Use
  • agroforestry
  • commoditites
  • One Map
  • palm oil
  • sustainable agriculture
  • Forests & Land Use
  • agroforestry
  • commoditites
  • One Map
  • palm oil
  • sustainable agriculture

We Have a Collective Responsibility to Halve Food Loss and Waste

  • food
  • food loss
  • food waste
  • food
  • food loss
  • food waste

Green vs. Gray Infrastructure: When Nature Is Better than Concrete

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water

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

Conserving Forests Could Cut Carbon Emissions As Much As Getting Rid of Every Car on Earth

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • oil and gas
  • Paris Agreement
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • oil and gas
  • Paris Agreement
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • peat
  • peatland

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