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    North America human rights hypoxia land use
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2017

    President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy?

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Protest sign from the Women’s March in Washington, D.C
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Localizing Open Government Reforms

    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    Cícero Pompeu de Toledo stadium
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 5, 2015

    ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    January 7, 2014

    A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2013

    Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    Latin America North America
    Data
    March 27, 2008

    Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of North America and the Caribbean

    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • hypoxia
    • Water Quality
    • water pollution
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • hypoxia
    • Water Quality
    • water pollution

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