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    Food, Land, and Water
    Insights
    June 23, 2020

    Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Rice Agriculture on Peatlands

    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • peatland
    Hutan Gambut di Taman Nasional Sebangau, Kalimantan Tengah, yang ludes terbakar pada akhir 2015. Kalau tata kelola buruk dan gambut sampai rusak atau kering, ancaman kebakaran dan banjir pun selalu mengintai. Foto: Sapariah Saturi/ Mongabay Indonesia
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • peatland
    Food, Land, and Water
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • food security
    • restorasi hutan
    Areas of Indonesia are at high risk of erosion, which can threaten agricultural productivity. Photo by Danumurthi Mahendra/USAID
    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • food security
    • restorasi hutan
    Food, Land, and Water
    Insights
    November 19, 2019

    Beyond Swidden Agriculture: Rethinking Approach to Fires

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • Fires
    • forest
    An officer is trying to extinguish fire in Kalimantan. Photo Credit: CIFOR
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • Fires
    • forest
    Food, Land, and Water
    Insights
    October 8, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • agriculture
    • biodiversity
    • deforestation
    • forest
    • palm oil
    • agriculture
    • biodiversity
    • deforestation
    • forest
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Costa Rica Ethiopia Germany Guatemala Nicaragua
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

    Restoration: One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities for Economic Growth

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • degraded land
    • economics
    • finance
    • forest restoration
    • forests
    • landscape restoration
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • degraded land
    • economics
    • finance
    • forest restoration
    • forests
    • landscape restoration
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    May 6, 2017

    The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • agroforestry
    • Asia
    • carbon
    • climate
    • climate change
    • degraded land
    • food
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • agroforestry
    • Asia
    • carbon
    • climate
    • climate change
    • degraded land
    • food
    Food, Land, and Water
    Brazil Indonesia
    Insights
    January 18, 2017

    Save the Forests? There's Now an App for That

    • agriculture
    • business risk
    • corporate sustainability
    • deforestation
    • investment
    • agriculture
    • business risk
    • corporate sustainability
    • deforestation
    • investment
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    May 9, 2016

    Incorrect Data and Fallacious Policy

    • agriculture
    • data
    • forests
    • agriculture
    • data
    • forests
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia Malaysia
    Insights
    April 21, 2016

    Destruction of Tropical Peatland Is an Overlooked Source of Emissions

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • degraded land
    • Indonesia
    • Mapping
    • maps
    • palm oil
    Peat drainage canals, combined with fire, are used to make land more suitable for agriculture. Photo by Nancy Harris/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • degraded land
    • Indonesia
    • Mapping
    • maps
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

    • agriculture
    • business
    • business opportunity
    • business risk
    • corporate sustainability
    • deforestation
    • forests
    • maps
    • palm oil
    Harvesting logs in Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • business
    • business opportunity
    • business risk
    • corporate sustainability
    • deforestation
    • forests
    • maps
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • fire
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia forest fires
    • palm oil
    Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • fire
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia forest fires
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    July 13, 2015

    Having it All: Indonesia Can Produce Palm Oil, Protect Forests and Reap Profits

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Agricultural development is the largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia. Photo by Achmad Rabin Taim/Wikimedia Commons.
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    July 1, 2015

    Indonesia’s Forest Fires Reignite, Threatening Protected Areas and Peatlands

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • emissions
    • fire
    • 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
    • deforestation
    • emissions
    • fire
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia forest fires
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    September 4, 2014

    8 Percent of World's Remaining Pristine Forests Degraded Since 2000

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • forests
    Forest fragmentation is caused by the expansion of logging, mining and development activities. Photo credit: Angela Sevin, Flickr
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • forests
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    March 3, 2014

    Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • fire
    • forests
    • Haze
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia forest fires
    • palm oil
    A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September of 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research
    • agriculture
    • deforestation
    • fire
    • forests
    • Haze
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia forest fires
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    November 12, 2012

    The False Choice Between Palm Oil and Indonesian Forests

    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Indonesia exported $19.7 billion of crude palm oil in 2011. Photo Credit: Beth Gingold/WRI
    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    October 31, 2012

    2 New Tools Can Cut Deforestation and Support Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia

    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    WRI recently released two new online mapping applications designed to help the palm oil industry grow while avoiding deforestation. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • degraded land
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    April 16, 2012

    Degraded Land for Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia: Practical Guidance

    • agriculture
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Degraded land in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Sekala
    • agriculture
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    Food, Land, and Water
    Indonesia
    Insights
    September 23, 2011

    A New Approach to Feeding the World

    • Africa
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • ecosystem services
    • forest restoration
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil
    • Africa
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • ecosystem services
    • forest restoration
    • forests
    • Indonesia
    • palm oil