Katie Reytar

Research Associate

Bio

Katie Reytar is a Research Associate in the Forests Program. Her expertise focuses on GIS spatial analysis, modeling, and data management to inform environmental policy and management decisions. She provides GIS support to projects across the Institute--primarily the Forest Program’s Global Restoration Initiative and the Governance Center’s Land and Resource Rights project. Additional areas of project work include Water Quality, Coastal Ecosystems (Reefs at Risk Revisited), and Agricultural Sustainability.

Prior to joining WRI, Katie worked as an environmental engineer for the consulting firm ERG and supported various U.S. government clients, including the Environmental Protection Agency. She also interned at the World Wildlife Fund, performing GIS work for the Conservation Science and Humanitarian Partnerships programs.

Katie has a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Blog Posts

Safeguarding the Carbon Stored in Indigenous and Community Lands is Essential to Meeting Climate Goals
by Katie Reytar, Marlena Chertock and Peter Veit - September 13, 2018
Scientists estimate that by managing the world's land more sustainably, such as by protecting forests and investing in reforestation, we could achieve up to 37 percent of emissions reductions necessary to limit the global rise in temperature to 2 degrees Celsius by 2030.
To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees
by Katie Reytar - April 26, 2018
Satellite and other data reveal where restoring degraded landscapes could help improve food security in Malawi.
5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment
by Katie Reytar and Peter Veit - December 20, 2017
New data on the LandMark platform backs up what research already shows: Indigenous Peoples and local communities are some of the best environmental stewards.
Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis
by Katie Reytar - July 25, 2017
One of the poorest countries in Africa, Malawi once faced water shortages and power outages as its forests disappeared. Now, it has launched bold new strategies to restore trees to the landscape.
By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights
by Peter Veit and Katie Reytar - March 20, 2017
As more than 1,200 land rights experts converge on World Bank headquarters for the Annual Land and Poverty Conference, here are some important numbers about Indigenous and community land rights, the world's most common form of tenure.
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change
by Katie Reytar and Peter Veit - November 10, 2016
A new report shows that forests managed by Indigenous Peoples and communities hold about one-quarter of the world's tropical aboveground carbon.
Indigenous Land Rights: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Have to Go?
by Katie Reytar, Peter Veit and Nicholas Tagliarino - August 09, 2016
Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples -- a good day to reflect on the achievements and challenges Indigenous Peoples still face, including the issue of legal security of land and natural resource rights. How well do national laws protect the interests of these historically marginalized communities?
LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible
by Peter Veit and Katie Reytar - November 10, 2015
Up to 65 percent of the world's land is held by Indigenous Peoples and communities. Yet most of it is unmapped and not formally demarcated, and therefore invisible to the world.
3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights
by Peter Veit, Caleb Stevens, Celine Salcedo-La Viña, Nicholas Tagliarino and Katie Reytar - March 18, 2015
Local communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America can lose access to critical resources when land rights are weak, threatening food and incomes for more than two billion people. Three fundamental goals must be achieved to improve land rights.
Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities
by Lars Laestadius, Katie Reytar, Stewart Maginnis and Carole Saint-Laurent - March 06, 2015
A global movement to restore deforested and degraded forest landscapes is gaining momentum. But what is forest landscape restoration, what outcomes should it achieve and where should it occur?

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Katie Reytar

Safeguarding the Carbon Stored in Indigenous and Community Lands is Essential to Meeting Climate Goals

To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis

By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change

Indigenous Land Rights: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Have to Go?

LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible

3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

Récifs Coralliens en Péril (Revisité)

Arrecifes en Peligro (Reexamen)

Reefs at Risk Revisited Launch, Washington, D.C.

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