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    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2013

    Leveling the Playing Field for Legal Timber in Brazil

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Logging in Mato Grosso, Brasil. Credit: c.alberto/ Flickr
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    September 24, 2013

    RELEASE: Companies Develop Actions to Manage Ecosystem Risks and Opportunities

    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    Cities
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 4, 2013

    Boom and Bus: How Public Transport Can Curb Road Deaths as Our Cities Grow

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: Guilherme Mendes Thomaz, Flickr
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 23, 2013

    Rio de Janeiro Poised to Update Its Greenhouse Gas Inventory

    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 19, 2013

    Ensuring Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability in Brazil

    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • Business
    • natural infrastructure
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America North America
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    July 2, 2013

    Brazil Overturns State Zoning Law that Threatened Amazon Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2012
    Aerial shot of Amazon river
    • Top Outcome: 2012
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    July 2, 2013

    Rio’s New Bus Rapid Transit Line Improves Life for Millions

    • Top Outcome: 2012
    BRT bus in Brazil
    • Top Outcome: 2012
    Climate
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    33 Cities Test New Framework for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • UNFCCC
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Initiatives
    June 27, 2013

    Open Climate Network (Inactive)

    The Open Climate Network brings together independent research institutes and civil society groups from key countries to track and report on their countries’ progress toward addressing climate change.
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 7, 2013

    6 Lessons Brazilian Cities Learned from Greenhouse Gas Inventories

    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    May 16, 2013

    Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 21, 2013

    Saving the World's Forests: A Technology Revolution to Curb Illegal Logging

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Our future is inextricably linked to forests. The social and economic benefits they provide are essential to realizing a sustainable century. Photo credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2008
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • mapping
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2013

    5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • public participation
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 4, 2013

    For the First Time, a Common Framework for Cities’ Greenhouse Gas Inventories

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Cities
    Latin America Europe
    Insights
    February 21, 2013

    More Urbanites, More Cars: The Challenge of Urban Road Safety and Health

    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 16, 2013

    3 Big Opportunities to Transform Transportation

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety