USING PUBLIC DATA PLATFORMS TO ASSESS DEFORESTATION RISKS WITHIN JURISDICTIONS

The paper introduces the Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA), a tool developed by WWF-US and Global Forest Watch to quantify deforestation risks in Indonesia. By analyzing four 'Key Forest Areas'—Primary Forests, Protected Areas, Peatland, and Forest Estate—the JRA uses indicators such as forest loss percentages, fire density, and overlap with government palm oil concessions to score district-level risk. Findings indicate that while most districts lost up to 10% of primary forest between 2009 and 2012, a small number experienced losses up to 50%. The authors caution that the JRA is a partial assessment based on remote sensing and should complement, not replace, field validation and social data.

• Between 2009 and 2012, approximately 80% of analyzed districts (148 out of 185) lost up to 10% of their original primary forest cover, while one district lost nearly 50%.
• Analysis of primary forest loss in protected areas between 2000 and 2012 shows that most districts experienced an increasing rate of loss, with 3% showing a comparatively sharper increase.
• Regarding peatland fire density from 2010 to 2015, 48% of districts had an average observed fire density of up to 100,000 counts per unit area, while 3% reached the highest density between 400,000 and 1,100,000 counts.
• In Forest Estate areas, about 45% of districts have up to 5% overlap with government-issued palm oil concessions, while 10% of districts (16 out of 170) show an overlap of 20–45%.
• The JRA has significant limitations: it relies exclusively on remote sensing, excludes other deforestation drivers like mining and pulp and paper, and does not incorporate social data such as human rights or tenure security.

APA

Wang, M., Furmanski, J., Petersen, K., Fishman, A., Gamble, L., & McLaughlin, D. (2017). USING PUBLIC DATA PLATFORMS TO ASSESS DEFORESTATION RISKS WITHIN JURISDICTIONS. WWF International. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/316/8fb3kqqk8q_new_WWF_JRA_discussion_paper.pdf

Chicago

Wang, Mona, Jessica Furmanski, Karen Petersen, Akiva Fishman, Lloyd Gamble, and David McLaughlin. USING PUBLIC DATA PLATFORMS TO ASSESS DEFORESTATION RISKS WITHIN JURISDICTIONS. WWF International, 2017. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/316/8fb3kqqk8q_new_WWF_JRA_discussion_paper.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wang2017using, author = {Wang, Mona and Furmanski, Jessica and Petersen, Karen and Fishman, Akiva and Gamble, Lloyd and McLaughlin, David}, title = {{USING PUBLIC DATA PLATFORMS TO ASSESS DEFORESTATION RISKS WITHIN JURISDICTIONS}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2017}, month = jan, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/316/8fb3kqqk8q_new_WWF_JRA_discussion_paper.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }