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For more information, journalists can contact:
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News releases
- 2005
August 2. "WRI Releases Map to Help Russia Secure Protected Lands". Russian officials and the public can now better police illegal activities within its most precious nature reserves with help from a new map of protected areas released today by the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch (GFW) Russia initiative.
Publications and papers
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Authors: Jim Beck, Otodo Kede, Frederic Medjo, Susan Minnemeyer, Roger Ngoufo, Lawrence Ayenika Nsoyuni, and Maria Jacoba Van de Pol.
2005. Interactive Forestry Atlas of Cameroon (version 1.0).
In one source, this Atlas contains much of the relevant spatially explicit data for forest management and governance in Cameroon.
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Authors: Dmitry Dobrynin, Alexander Isaev, Lars Laestadius, et. al..
2002. Atlas of Russia's Intact Forest Landscapes.
The first-ever, detailed map of intact forest landscapes in Russia, and can be used to flag areas where special precautions must be taken before development decisions are made.
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Authors: Susan Minnemeyer with contributions from Tyson Walker, Jean-Gael Collomb, Linda Cotton, and Dirk Bryant.
2002. An analysis of access to Central Africa's rainforests.
Identifies relatively undisturbed forest blocks in Central Africa, providing maps that show their size, condition and current levels of protection -- offering the first comprehensive picture of where logging concessions are located throughout the region.
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Authors: Eduardo Neira, Hernán Verscheure, and Carmen Revenga. Map production and GIS Analysis by Eduardo Neira and Patricio Rutherford.
2002. Chile's frontier forests: Conserving a global treasure.
Describes, for the first time, the extent and distribution of the country's intact forests while identifying priority areas for conservation and future monitoring work.
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Authors: Ruth Nogueran with contributions by Dirk A. Bryant, James Strittholt, and Jonathan Kool.
2002. Low access forests and their level of protection in North America.
Identifies relatively undisturbed forest blocks in Canada and the United States, providing maps that show their size, condition and current levels of protection.
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Authors: Charles Victor Barber, Emily Matthews, David Brown, Timothy H. Brown, Lisa Curran, Catherine Plume.
2002. The state of the forest: Indonesia.
A comprehensive, map-based analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia's forests and the forces and actors that are driving deforestation -- turning Indonesia from a forest-rich country to a forest-poor country.
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Authors: Alexey Yu. Yaroshenko, Peter V. Potapov, and Svetlana A. Turubanova (Greenpeace Russia). Editor of English version: Lars Laestadius (WRI). A joint publication of Greenpeace Russia and Global Forest Watch..
2001. Last Intact Forest Landscapes of Northern European Russia.
This first attempt at identifying boreal forest areas of minimal human disturbance (intact) using high-resolution satellite imagery reveals that only 14 percent or 32 million hectares of the boreal or northern forests of European Russia remain.
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Authors: Global Forest Watch Canada report.
2000. Canada's forests at a crossroads: An assessment in the year 2000.
Explores the scale and magnitude of timber, energy, and mineral resources development within Canada's northern frontier, home to over a third of the world's boreal forest and a tenth of total global forest cover.
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Authors: Jean-Gael Collomb, Jean-Bruno Mikissa, Susan Minnemeyer, Stéphane Mundunga, Honoré Nzao Nzao, Jean Madouma, Jean de Dieu Mapaga, Christian Mikolo, Nicaise Rabenkogo, Serge Akagah, Emmanuel Bayani-Ngoye, and Aurelien Mofouma.
2000. A first look at logging in Gabon.
Provides an overview of logging activities within Gabon's forests and summarizes Gabon's forestry law and tax system.
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Authors: Henriette Bikié, Jean-Gaël Collomb, Louis Djomo, Susan Minnemeyer, Roger Ngoufo, and Samuel Nguiffo. Contributions by: Théophile Ndjodo, Ousseynou Ndoye, Laurie Clark, Elizabeth Selig, and Dirk Bryant.
2000. Overview of logging in Cameroon.
Documents through maps and indicators the current and historic extent of logging in Cameroon along with the key actors -- companies and individuals -- engaged in this activity.
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Authors: Dirk Bryant, Daniel Nielsen and Laura Tangley.
1997. Last frontier forests: Ecosystems and economies on the edge.
Offers the first scientific assessment of the world's large, intact natural forests and graphically depicts the extent of human impacts on global forests.
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WRI projects
- Global Forest Watch (GFW). Global Forest Watch seeks to catalyze changes in forest use to meet human needs and better protect forest ecosystems.
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