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    Latin America Oceania Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2023

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are Using Satellite Data to Fight Deforestation

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Man building a canopy blind in a tropical forest
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2023

    Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Silhouette of a man standing in a river surrounded by trees in the Amazon rainforest.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

    Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 21, 2022

    Tracking Latin America’s Progress on Climate Action

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Glacier in Argentina
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Mexico: Policymaking to Ensure Energy Justice in Renewables Development

    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Windmills
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Colombia Shows Leadership in the Race Against Climate Change

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    A cow grazes on a grassy hill, with forested hills in the misty background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    RELEASE: New Study Reveals Mining in the Amazon Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Brazil nut producer, Peru
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    COMUNICADO: Nuevo estudio revela que la minería en el Amazonas amenaza al 20 % de las tierras indígenas

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Brazil nut producer, Peru
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    September 30, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed WRI Press Call: Mining Threatens Indigenous Communities Across the Amazon

    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 15, 2020

    6 Keys to Turn Coastal Resilience Plans into Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    A man wheels a megaphone mounted on bicycle along a neighborhood path in Bangladesh.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    COVID-19, Rising Gold Prices and Illegal Mining Threaten Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

    • coronavirus
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Mining for gold in South America
    • coronavirus
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    Chile's Enhanced Climate Plan Sets an Example for Other Countries

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    The buildings and roads of Santiago with the Andes mountains in the background.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    September 26, 2019

    STATEMENT: 6 Latin American, Caribbean Countries Ratify Treaty Providing Protections for Environmental Defenders

    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2019

    For Rural Communities, Protecting Land Is a Better Investment than Deforestation

    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    In India's Narmada District, legal recognition of communities' land rights have enabled villages to invest in sustainable, more productive land management. Photo by...
    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    May 7, 2019

    PODCAST: Why Securing Land Rights for Indigenous People Can Accelerate Sustainable Development

    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • sustainable development goals
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Small forestry in the Peruvian Amazon.
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • sustainable development goals
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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