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    Africa commodities extractive industries public transit
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 7, 2023

    From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    Passengers on a busy Bangkok street ride on colorful three-wheeled tuk-tuks.
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • Integrated Transport
    Cities
    Initiatives
    December 7, 2021

    Digital Transport for Africa

    Busy street between buildings with vans, cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 15, 2021

    TUMI E-Bus Mission

    Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    November 18, 2019

    Pour la durabilité de la production du cacao, les pays et les sociétés doivent s’engager

    • Climate
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    Producteur de cacao en Colombie.
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate Resilience
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    September 25, 2019

    For Sustainability in Cocoa Production, Both Countries and Companies Need to Commit

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    Cacao farmer in Colombia. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    August 8, 2018

    Tracking Deforestation in DRC's Forest Concessions Is Complicated

    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    Road near the village of Ilanga in the DRC. Photo by Molly Bergen
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    July 11, 2018

    COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Una nueva investigación revela un campo de juego desigual entre las comunidades y las empresas que compiten por los derechos sobre las tierras

    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    December 20, 2017

    RELEASE: New LandMark Data Measure Impacts of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Forests and Climate

    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    Forests
    Africa Asia Latin America
    News
    June 8, 2016

    RELEASE: For the First Time, Companies Can Gauge Deforestation Risk by Evaluating Palm Oil Mills

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    January 25, 2016

    Forest Loss Pushes Far Beyond Plantation Boundaries in South America, Africa

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Orangutans at Camp Leakey, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    August 3, 2015

    Beyond Cecil the Lion: How the Lacey Act Protects Wildlife and Plants around the World

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Africa Latin America North America
    Insights
    March 21, 2014

    5 Overlooked Deforestation Hotspots

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Marahoué National Park in the Ivory Coast has lost 93% of its forest cover between 2002 and 2008. Photo credit: jbdodane, Flickr 2013
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    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
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    June 25, 2013

    3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    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

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