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Drying Peat, Losing Farmers!

  • peat
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
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  • peat
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland
Despite playing a major role in climate action, peatlands have been deforested and drained for agricultural lands. Photo credit: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland

Peatlands Must Stay Wet

  • forest restoration
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • restorasi hutan
Abdul Manan, memperbaiki sekat kanal, kala Presiden Joko Widodo, datang ke Desa Sungai Tohor, Riau, akhir November 2014. Warga berupaya menahan air agar tak lepas dengan membuat sekat-sekat di kanal. Kredit foto: Indra Nugraha/ Mongabay Indonesia
  • forest restoration
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • restorasi hutan
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Lahan gambut di Desa Perambatan, Sumatera Selatan. Foto oleh Josefhine Chitra/WRI Indonesia
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  • economics
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The Rule of Law for Peatland and Environmental Protection

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • forests
  • peat
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • forests
  • peat
  • peatland

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

The First Step of Transforming Indonesia’s Peatland Governance: Know Where the Peat Is

  • Climate
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • peat
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • peat
  • peatland
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • peat
  • peatland

Land Swaps: Encouraging Step for Peatland Restoration?

  • Climate
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland
  • restorasi hutan
  • Climate
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland
  • restorasi hutan

Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • akses terhadap informasi
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • akses terhadap informasi
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)

What FLEGT license means for illegal logging

  • deforestation
  • technology
  • timber
  • deforestation
  • technology
  • timber

What Indonesia Doesn’t Know About Peatlands Could Undermine its Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • maps
  • peat
  • peatland
  • wetlands
Peat swamp forests of the Katingan Peatland Reserve in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by James Anderson/WRI
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • maps
  • peat
  • peatland
  • wetlands

Cultivating Accountability in REDD+

  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
While the struggle to protect the Tripa peat forest will likely continue, it illustrates a positive message for Indonesia’s forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
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Struggles in East Kalimantan Underscore Need for Better Access to Environmental Information

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Indonesia
More than 70 percent of Samarinda's land is allocated to mining concessions. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Indonesia

4 Reasons Assessing Governance Matters for Forests and People

  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency
Conducting an analysis of governance strengths and weaknesses can be a critical first step towards advancing forest governance reforms. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
  • forests
  • governance
  • REDD
  • transparency

New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution
The Jakarta Declaration aims to strengthen rights to environmental information in Indonesia, China, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Photo credit: Luca Bruno/Flickr
  • Access Initiative
  • access to information
  • access to justice
  • Asia
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • human rights
  • pollution

New Study Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for Indonesia Forest Moratorium

  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD
In May, 2011, Indonesia put into effect a two-year moratorium on the award of new concessions for exploitation of natural forests and peat lands. Photo credit: WRI
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • REDD

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in Para, Brazil. The situations in Brazil and Indonesia should lend a sense of urgency and purpose to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Photo Credit: Leoffreitas/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
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Indonesia’s Ambitious Forest Moratorium Moves Forward

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • wood
Photo credit: Films4Conservation
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • governance
  • palm oil
  • REDD
  • wood