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    extractive industries rivers
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2014

    World’s 18 Most Water-Stressed Rivers

    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River Basin. Photo credit: James Marvin Phelps
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    Data
    December 12, 2013

    Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings [Datasets]

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • data
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • data
    Freshwater
    Data
    December 12, 2013

    Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings [Map]

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 31, 2013

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 20, 2013

    What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 8, 2013

    U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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