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World Resource Institute’s Global Forest Watch team is preparing to release its annual analysis of where forests were lost in 2020. Join WRI’s embargoed press call on Thursday, March 25 at 9:00AM ET/14:00 CEST, where global experts will provide a preview of the 2020 tree cover loss data.
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New globally consistent methods for mapping forest carbon sources and sinks around the world show that forests absorb a net 7.6 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
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Join WRI for a press call with global forest experts to preview 2019 tree cover loss data and analysis on Thursday, May 28 at 10:00 AM ET/16:00 CEST.
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To help businesses achieve the sustainability efforts needed to feed a rapidly growing population, Cargill is contributing $2 million USD to the next phase of its partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI). The two global entities will combine their expertise to accelerate the development and improvement of tools, including Global Forest Watch and a new Water Management Toolkit, for sustainable business operations.
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A coalition of ten major palm oil producers and buyers are collaborating to support and fund the development of a new, publicly available radar-based forest monitoring system known as Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforestation (RADD).
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Commodities like palm oil, cocoa, beef and soy may change hands dozens of times from the moment they are harvested until they end up in candy bars, toothpaste or baby formula, making deforestation tracking a very complex puzzle. Today, it is finally possible for a company or bank of any size to analyze and manage deforestation risk using GFW Pro.
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The Paraguayan government, in partnership with WRI, has committed to increase transparency around forest and land use management by creating South America’s first national Forest Atlas.
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More than a quarter of global tree cover loss between 2001 and 2015 was associated with commodity-driven deforestation, not likely to be forested again, finds a new study published in Science.
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At the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (June 27-28), World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch will release brand new 2017 global tree cover loss data, revealing how much forest was lost around the world last year and emerging country hot spots to watch.
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Today the Government of Indonesia issued a revision to Government Regulation No. 71/2014 regarding the protection and management of peatlands, wetland areas that are a major source of carbon emissions when drained or burned.
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WASHINGTON (June 8, 2016)— World Resources Institute finds that analyzing the forests and plantations near palm oil mills can help identify deforestation risk and prevent it. Launched today on Global Forest Watch Commodities, the new PALM Risk Tool will help companies meet their zero deforestation commitments by providing much-needed transparency into the sustainability of the palm oil they buy.
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Satellite analysis reveals tiger habitats more intact than expected; area large enough to double wild tiger population remains
Key points:
Tigers need large areas to survive but if well protected, populations can rebound quickly - Nepal and India experienced 61 and 31 percent increases, respectively, in their tiger populations recently thanks to better habitat protection and anti-poaching efforts.
The global tiger population now stands at fewer than 3,500; goal is to double by 2022.
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Cargill and World Resources Institute today announced a new 2-year partnership to work across value chains to better manage deforestation and water risk. This partnership brings WRI’s cutting-edge tools to the agriculture sector on a global scale.
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The world lost more than 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of tree cover in 2014, an area twice the size of Portugal, according to new data from the University of Maryland (UMD) and Google released by Global Forest Watch.
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Partnership will enable unprecedented transparency and accountability in global forest monitoring.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and WASHINGTON, DC (April 22, 2015)– Orbital Insight and World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a partnership to apply experimental algorithms to high resolution satellite images. Orbital Insight’s algorithms will be used as part of Global Forest Watch to detect patterns that indicate the risk of deforestation before it happens.
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Globally more than 18 million hectares of tree cover lost in 2013, but rates of loss in Indonesia showed signs of slowing.
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