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    indigenous people
    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
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Forests
    News
    December 19, 2022

    STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • indigenous people
    • Equity
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

    • indigenous people
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • indigenous people
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 Actions to Ensure Community Forestry Works in the Republic of Congo

    • indigenous people
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • indigenous people
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • IPLCS-Energy
    • indigenous people
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • IPLCS-Energy
    • indigenous people
    Equity
    Initiatives
    July 7, 2021

    Faith and Sustainability

    Sun rays shining through trees in green forest.
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Mexico: Policymaking to Ensure Energy Justice in Renewables Development

    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • IPLCS-Energy
    • indigenous people
    Windmills
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • IPLCS-Energy
    • indigenous people
    Equity
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Equity
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Equity
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

    Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Brazil nut producer, Peru
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

    La Minería Legal e Ilegal Amenazan el 20% de las Tierras Indígenas en la Amazonía

    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Peru farmer
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    News
    September 30, 2020

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

    • Equity
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • pollution
    • Equity
    • deforestation
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • pollution
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

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

    • coronavirus
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Mining for gold in South America
    • coronavirus
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Energy
    Insights
    April 8, 2020

    A New Nexus Approach to Powering Development

    • Energy
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Energy
    solar-water-pumps-karnal
    • Energy
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Energy
    Equity
    Insights
    March 3, 2020

    Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women

    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • IPLCS-Gender
    woman-planting-cabbage
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • indigenous people
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • indigenous people
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    Equity
    Initiatives
    January 17, 2020

    Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative

    Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.

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