This article examines how forestry policy and implementation maintain double standards in a manner that excludes the rural poor from the natural wealth around them. It originally appeared in the October, 2007 issue of Sustainability Science. The original article is available at springerlink.com.
The Governance of Forests Initiative is a global network that promotes transparent, participatory, accountable, and coordinated governance of forest lands and resources.
WRI and its partner environmental NGOs in Russia have begun the development of a methodology to assess the terrestrial footprint of the oil and gas industry on the Russian landscape.
WRI seeks to increase the ability of governments, businesses, and civil society to protect intact forest landscapes, manage working forests more effectively, and restore deforested lands.
This is the first in a series of WRI posters on tree cover change across the globe focuses on tropical hot spots in Brazil, Cambodia, Central Africa, and Indonesia.
This interactive atlas tool allows users to access the most complete and up-to-date information on the Cameroon forest sector – timber extraction areas, forest concession management plan status, volume of timber logged by concession area, and more.
Ruth Nogueron, James Strittholt, Mila Alvarez, and John Bergquist
September, 2006
Presents an analysis and geographical representation of relatively large landscapes free of visual evidence of human disturbances across the State of Alaska, USA.
Lars Laestadius, Ruth Nogueron, Peter Lee (Global Forest Watch Canada), Dmitry Aksenov (Socio-Ecological Union International), Wynet Smith (Global Forest Watch Canada)
September, 2006
Presents the results of a multiyear project to map Canada’s large, intact forest landscapes and analyze their distribution and level of protection.
Mapping less disturbed forest tracts, floodplain and bottomland ecosystems of intact river basins, naturally rare and unique forest communities, and rare and endangered plant species habitats – to aid regional conservation strategies.
Ruth Nogueron, Paulo Barreto, Carlos Souza Jr., Anthony Anderson and Rodney Salomao. In collaboration with Janice Wiles
March, 2006
The analysis compiles a comprehensive set of geospatial indicators of human activities that lead to forest degradation and conversion. Illustrated by numerous maps, the results provide valuable insights for land-use planning and zoning.
The first analysis of its kind performed in Canada combining satellite imagery, GIS and ground-truthing to create an electronic atlas that uses ESRI software in an easy-to-use interface.