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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

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
Departments that work together on projects and use natural infrastructure, like the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore, can achieve a variety of benefits. Photo by Stefano/Flickr.
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
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WRI Indonesia’s team in a tree planting offset project in West Java, March 2019. Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
  • sustainability initiative
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Flight Decisions Matter for Climate Change

  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
For years, airlines have experimented with biofuels, aiming to reduce both carbon emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been a turbulent journey buffeted by inconsistent investment and the periodic lure of cheap oil. (Bloomberg/The Jakarta Post/File)
  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
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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

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

5 Ways Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back Against Land Seizures

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure

For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty

Integrating Public Transport Networks to Overcome Jakarta Traffic Congestion

  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • transportation

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

Land and Social (In)justice in South Sumatra

  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • One Map
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • One Map

Can “One Map” Solve Indonesia’s Land Tenure Woes?

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • One Map
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • One Map

Conflicting Maps Leave Some Indonesian Farmers Landless

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • land tenure
  • One Map
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • land tenure
  • One Map
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • One Map