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New Tools Help Forest Legality Alliance Reduce Illegal Logging

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Jessica Viel | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

The Forest Legality Alliance, a joint effort of the World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency, partnered with Blue Raster and others around the world to release two new web tools to help in their efforts to reduce illegal logging by supporting the supply of legal forest products. The recent focus on illegal logging has made people… Read More

IUCN Maps Threatened Species in Protected Areas

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Jessica Viel | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

To inform the world about the important connections between threatened species and protected areas, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnered with Blue Raster to create the IUCN Red List Mapper. This interactive mapping application combines two significant global biodiversity datasets—IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species and the World Database on Protected Areas. … Read More