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Forest Degradation

When viewed from above, deforestation is a brown gash in a green world, vivid proof that what once was verdant has succumbed to the axe or the bulldozer. Forest degradation — the loss of trees from logging, fires or harvesting firewood — is much more difficult to detect, even by remote sensing satellites. Winrock has been a pioneer in measuring and monitoring emissions from forest degradation, combining sound science with practical approaches.

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ACR at Winrock International and fellow Winrock enterprise ART approved by ICAO for first phase of CORSIA

Assessing carbon storage in Florida’s Everglades

Winrock’s Aaron Sundsmo joins Devex panel on water security and climate-smart solutions

The Climate Q&A…

USAID-funded SCALE-NRM releases more grants

Scaling up to combat illegal logging in the South Pacific – and cultivate an environmentally sustainable future

ART issues world’s first jurisdictional forestry carbon credits to Guyana

ACR launches Innovative Registry Infrastructure for Removal Credits

ACR Carbon Markets 101: Additionality and Baselines for Improved Forest Management Projects

Winrock ECO Pilot: EPcs used consistently by low income households in peri-urban nepal

ACR Presents annual awards celebrating outstanding environmental achievements

Devex Op-Ed: Achieving Climate Goals Requires Landscape-level Thinking

Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) 2021: The Year in Review

The World’s Forgotten Forests: Stable Forests as a Climate Solution

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November 2021 Innovations

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LEAF Coalition Announces $1 Billion Mobilized, Intent for REDD+ Transactions and New Participants

Building a Food-Secure, Climate-Resilient Future

Winrock Publishes Detailed Guide to Payment For Forest Environmental Services System

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Communities, Companies and Conservation: Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) Practitioner’s Guidebook

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Winrock’s Jessica Orrego Testifies on Opportunities to Address Climate Change on Public and Private Lands

U.S. News Op-Ed: Growing Climate Solutions Act Could Help U.S. Farmers and Forests

USAID Marks Earth Day with Completion of its Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project

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April 2021 Innovations

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ART Welcomes the Launch of the LEAF Coalition

Announcing Private Investment for Enhanced Resilience (PIER) Caribbean

The Climate Q&A…

Webinar Features Winrock’s Mary Grady on Forest Conservation at Scale with Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART)

ONE-SL Project Begins, Marks the Future of REDD+ Implementation

Forests Journal Features Work of Winrock’s Ecosystem Services Unit

ART Approved to Supply Credits for Global Aviation’s Carbon Market

USAID and Winrock Provide Training on Using Mobile Phones for Quicker, Safer, and More Transparent Forest Protection Payments

Setting the Carbon Standard

American Academy in Berlin: Winrock Board Chair Bumpers and ART Leadership Pen Op-Ed

SWP Publishes Five Studies  To Support Evidence-Based Decision-Making in the Mara River Basin

Bringing Innovation to the Conservation of Indonesia’s Peatlands

‘Forests are Gold’

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February 2020 Innovations

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Indonesia Honors Winrock Scientist’s Conservation Efforts

Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson Addresses Concordia Summit

First Steps to Design an Emissions Reduction Pathway in Madre de Dios

First Steps to Design an Emissions Reduction Pathway in Madre de Dios

Empowering Women Leaders in Water Basin Management

New Long-Term Emissions Reduction Project Starts in Mexico

New Long-Term Emissions Reduction Project Starts in Mexico

An Award-Winning Partnership in Ghana Strengthens Land Tenure and the Global Cocoa Supply

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Architecture for REDD+ Transactions Brochure

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Grant Agreement Between the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development

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Winrock Forestry Work Highlighted in Bloomberg Businessweek

How much does forest restoration benefit climate?

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May 2019 Innovations

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Estimating Carbon Sequestration From Forest Restoration Now Easier

Cambodian Committee Charts Road Map to Water Security

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Forestry Sector

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Cambodian Government Greenlights Innovative Water Security Platform

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PIER Advisory Committee

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Agricultural Sector

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Energy Sector

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Livestock Sector

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Waste Sector

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Green Investment Opportunities for Malawi’s Wood Fuels

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National Greenhouse Inventory System

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Esri’s ArcUser Magazine Features Winrock’s WESTool

Sustaining Forests through Science, Tech and Community-based Approaches

Sustaining Forests through Science, Tech and Community-based Approaches

Uploaded on February 7, 2019

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Analyses of Land Cover Change Trajectories Leading to Tropical Forest Loss

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Penentuan Tingkat Rujukan (Reference Level) untuk Menduga Penurunan Emisi dari Restorasi Gambut

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Reference Level for the Estimation of Emission Reduction from Peatland Restoration

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Winrock Leaders Join the Conversation at Concordia 2018

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Forest Landscape Restoration Climate Impact Tool

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September 2018 Innovations

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The Future of Forests: An Optimist’s View

Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools

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Carbon Storage Potential in Degraded Forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Guidance on Participatory Carbon Monitoring

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Carbon-Stocks Guidance on Stratification Using NFI

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Guidance on Carbon Stock Calculations Using Field Data Collected

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Allometric Equation Evaluation Guidance Document

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Standard Operating Procedures for Terrestrial Carbon Measurement (Vietnamese)

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Guidance for Developing NFI for Forest Carbon Sampling

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Devex: Winrock connects the dots between illegal logging and climate change

Mongabay: Winrock combines aerial imagery and field data to measure timber harvest and carbon emissions

Major Climate Challenge Solved

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Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project Northern Ghana Land Use Ecosystem Service and Economic Valuation Study

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A Fighter for Forests

A Fighter for Forests: Winrock’s Sandra Brown

A Fighter for Forests: Winrock’s Sandra Brown

Uploaded on March 26, 2018

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Land and Tree Tenure Innovations for Financing Smallholder Cocoa Farm Rehabilitation in Ghana

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Rahinatu’s Story: Moringa Entrepreneur

Rahinatu’s Story: Moringa Entrepreneur

Uploaded on February 22, 2018

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Standard Operating Procedures – Selective logging emissions (Spanish)

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USAID AgNRM December 2017 Newsletter

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The Log Blog

Ghana Receives Landmark Approval From Carbon Fund

Clement Aapengnuo on Land Tenure and Women

Clement Aapengnuo on Land Tenure and Women

Uploaded on September 7, 2017

Webinar 5: Assessing carbon emissions from forest degradation

Webinar 5: Assessing carbon emissions from forest degradation

Uploaded on August 14, 2017

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Greenhouse gas emissions from tropical forest degradation: an underestimated source.

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Chile Accesses Millions for Emissions Reduction

Anatomy of a Breakthrough

Winrock research featured by Mongabay

Winrock research featured by Mongabay

Winrock research featured by Mongabay

Winrock Scientists Pinpoint Source of Carbon Emissions Greater than Global Aviation

‘Can You Imagine This World Without Forests?’

Saving the Forests

A Forest of Possibilities

Preserving Guyana’s Remarkable Forests

Winrock Plans Active Participation at Paris Climate Negotiations

People walking through forest

Report Provides Guidance to Decision-Makers Seeking to Finance Sustainable Land Use Activities

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Technical Guidance Series for the Development of a Forest Carbon Monitoring System for REDD+

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Carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation caused by logging

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Winrock Sample Plot Calculator Spreadsheet Tool

Winrock Sample Plot Calculator Spreadsheet Tool

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Standard Operating Procedures for Terrestrial Carbon Measurement Manual

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Terrestrial Carbon Stock Calculator Tool

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Tree Biomass Destructive Harvesting Calculation Tool

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Estimating Carbon Emissions Factors from Selective Logging

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PROJECTS

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Strengthening Landscape Management and Conservation

Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment - Natural Resource Management (SCALE-NRM)

Offset National Emissions through Sustainable Landscapes (ONE-SL)

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Protecting Peatland Forest Through a Social Forestry Scheme in Siak, Indonesia

USAID/Malawi Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests in Malawi -Tiphike mwa Makono (MCHF)

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ILRG Cocoa Bridge Phase

ART

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Costa Rica ERPD

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Tocantins REDD+

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Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project (AgNRM)

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Colombia Nested REDD+

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Indonesia Carbon Monitoring System

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Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF)

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Malawi PERFORM

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WB Liberia RL

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Chile ER-Program Tech Assistance

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Guyana Forestry Commission Measurement Reporting and Verification (GFC: MRV II)

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Ghana: REDD+ Support